Formaldehyde 2% is not a useful means of detecting allergy to formaldehyde releasers- results of the ESSCA network, 2015-2018.
Heather WhitehouseWolfgang UterJohannes GeierBarbara Ballmer-WeberAndrea BauerSusan CooperMagdalena Czarnecka-OperaczDagmar SimonHeinrich DickelAnna Belloni FortinaRosella GalloGimenez-Arnau Ana MariaGraham A JohnstonFrancesca Laresse FilonVera MahlerMaria PesonenThomas RustemeyerMarie-Louise A SchuttelaarSkaidra ValiukevičienėElke WeisshaarThomas WerfelMark WilkinsonPublished in: Contact dermatitis (2020)
Formaldehyde 2% aq. is an inadequate screen for contact allergy to the formaldehyde releasers, which should be considered for inclusion in any series dependant on the frequency of reactions to and relevance of each individual allergen.