New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2008-1174
Registrant Reference Number: Prosar case 1-15809108
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Syngenta Crop Protection
Address: 410 Swing Road
City: Greensboro
Prov / State: North Carolina
Country: USA
Postal Code: 27419
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: NEW JERSEY
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Demand CS
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Tempo SC Ultra
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Unknown
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
>2 mos and <=6mos />2 mois et <=6mois
Yes
Unknown
Non-occupational
Contact with treated area
What was the activity? Reporter's condo/apartment was sprayed.
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h
# : The reporter called on 2/21/08 to report that she had been exposed to two pesticide products when her condo/apartment had been sprayed on 9/12/07. The spraying was done on a routine basis (monthly). The first product involved contains the active ingredient Lambda-Cyhalothrin while the second product contains the active ingredient beta-cyfluthrin or Cyano (4-fluro-3-phenyoxyphenyl)methyl3-(2,2-dichlorethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate). The reporter stated she felt a burning sensation in her throat and flu-like symptoms after the products were sprayed. That same day she went to see a physician, who tested for strep throat and placed the reporter on antibiotics pending the throat cultures. The reporter never took the antibiotics. A few days later she began coughing and experienced some hemoptysis. The reporter went to an emergency medical facility, was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia and was given antibiotics. When the caller phoned in the report on 2/21/08, she stated she was still experiencing memory loss, loss of focus, and mild shortness of breath. A follow-up call was placed on 2/27/08, which elicited a response from the reporter on 2/28/08 that she was still experiencing symptoms including shortness of breath all the time. The reporter was advised that she should continue to follow-up with her physician.
Major
It is unlikely that the symptoms are the result of the incident discussed above. The reporter was diagnosed with a suspected strep throat and antibiotics were prescribed but not taken. Subsequently the reporter was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia and antibiotics was provided. This is further supported by information that the apartment was sprayed on a routine basis (monthly) and the symptoms occured coincidently with a serious respiratory infection which is not directly related to the products mentioned.