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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2015-2308

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: x

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): x

Address: x

City: x

Prov / State: x

Country: x

Postal Code: X

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Environment

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

5. Location of incident.

Country: CANADA

Prov / State: ONTARIO

6. Date incident was first observed.

24-AUG-13

Product Description

7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.

Active(s)

PMRA Registration No. 30404      PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No.

Product Name: ENDIGO INSECTICIDE

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN
    • THIAMETHOXAM

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).

Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur

Préciser le type: soybean

11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).

Caller [XXXXX] reports her father-in-law is a registered bee keeper and today his bees are suffering from a die-off and caller reports that the reason for the die-off is from ill-timed application of pesticide to soy-bean fields nearby.

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

Unknown

Subform IV: Environment (includes plants insects and wildlife)

1. Type of organism affected

Terr. Invrtbrt-Honey Bee/Inv.Ter-Abeille

2. Common name(s)

bees

3. Scientific name(s)

Unknown

4. Number of organisms affected

Unknown

5. Description of site where incident was observed

Fresh water

Terrestrial

Agricultural

Salt Water

6. Check all symptoms that apply

Death

7. Describe symptoms and outcome (died, recovered, etc.).

Caller reports her husband noted a large number of bees dying outside their hives at about at about 1230h. Caller reports that her husband approached the farmer and asked him to stop the pesticide application, at which point the farmer ceased application operations. Caller reports that there are thousands of bees dead in front of the hives. "Not a few hundred, but thousands." About 41 hives on site, XXXXX believes 90% of bees/hives impacted.

8. a) Was the incident a result of (select all that apply)

Application

8. b) i) How many times has the product been applied this year?

8. b) ii) What was the date of the last application?

9. Did it rain

9. a) During application?

No

9. b) Up to 3 days after application?

No

10. a) Was there a buffer zone?

No

10. b) What type?

Aquatic

10. c) What was the size of the buffer zone?

11. a) Were environmental samples collected and analysed?

No

To be determined by Registrant

12. Severity classification (if there is more than one possible classification, select the most severe)

13. Please provide supplemental information here