New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2007-8678
Registrant Reference Number: 255124
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.
Address: 450-1st Street S.W., Suite 2100
City: Calgary
Prov / State: AB
Country: Canada
Postal Code: T2P 5H1
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: CALIFORNIA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 62719-4
Product Name: Vikane Gas Fumigant62719-4
Other (specify)
Gas fumigantYes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
>6 mos / > 6 mois
Yes
No
Non-occupational
Other
None
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
10/30/2007Caller states that her condo was fumigated with Vikane in March of this year (unable to provide an exact date). Caller states that after she came back in the home she began to have throat dryness and irritation. Her symptoms persisted all summer long during which she saw a physician on multiple occasions. On 10/25 she was finally diagnosed with a vocal cord tumor. Caller states that someone came to check the condo, but everything appeared to be OK and there was no detectable chemical compounds.
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. Re-entry into a treated dwelling is not permitted until measured Vikane air concentrations drop below 5 ppm within the treated structure, a level known to be well below the threshold for potential toxicity, therefore, this patient should not have experienced any exposure to Vikane gas. Furthermore, the weight of scientific evidence does not suggest any possibility of tumorogenic effects following acute exposure to sulfuryl fluoride should such an exposure occur.