New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2007-5523
Registrant Reference Number: 204611
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
Address: 1 Webster Street
City: Brantford
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N3T 5R1
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: WISCONSIN
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-403
Product Name: (discontinued) Raid Ant and Roach Insect Killer 14 Outdoor Fresh 17.5
Other (specify)
aerosolYes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Animal's Owner
Cat / Chat
DSH
1
Female
13
13
lbs
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
Yes
Yes
2
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Not recovered / Non rétabli
Other / Autre
specify Clearly defined point of exposure or direct contact with pesticide or pesticide treated surface is not evident and based on speculation.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
6/28/2007Caller's father sprayed product in an area where caller's cats' litter box and food is stored on June 18th. Caller was out of town and got back on the 24th and cat had developed diarrhea, anorexia, and hind limb paralysis while caller was out of town. Caller took the cat to the DVM that day who ran blood work, Metacam, and did radiographs. Cat eventually died while in the clinic. The vet was unable to determine the cause of the illness. No necropsy was performed.
Death
The information contained in this report is based on self-reported statements provided to the registrant during telephone Interview(s). These self-reported descriptions of an incident have not been independently verified to be factually correct or complete descriptions of the incident. For that reason, information contained in this report does not and can not form the basis for a determination of whether the reported clinical effects are causally related to exposure to the product identified in the telephone interviews.Clearly defined point of exposure or direct contact with pesticide or pesticide treated surface is not evident and based on speculation. Even had direct contact with treated surface occurred, profound illness such as reported in this case would not be expected based on what is known regarding the toxicological profile of the active ingredients used in this pesticide at application concentrations.