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Incident Report Number: 2007-7266
Registrant Reference Number: 219007
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
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: COLORADO
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Raid Flea Killer 16 oz.4822-73
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Raid Flea Killer Plus Carpet and Room Spray 16 oz4822-273
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
3
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Non-occupational
Application
None
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
8/1/2007 1:01:49 PMCaller reports visiting son in (State) about 2 wks ago. During her visit her son apparently had a flea infestation in his home and caller used these 2 products to help in the abatement. She is unable to describe any defined point of exposure other than the incident contact with treated surfaces. She states that about 2 days of using these products she developed abdominal pain and subsequently passed blood in her stool. She was seen at local hospital and hospitalized for about 3 days for a GI bleed. She also reports since returning to her own home she has been experiencing skin irritation which feels like "little bites/stings" to tops of hands and feet, though does not see any visible bite marks. She saw her personal doctor who could not find anything wrong with her skin. Caller has a prior history of hypertension.
Major
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.Exposure scenario reported in this even is vague. 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. Both products contains pyrethroid compounds which even in the setting of acute systemic poisoning are not typically associated with gastrointestinal bleeds as a primary mechanism of toxicity.