New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2008-2967
Registrant Reference Number: 330841
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: ARIZONA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Dursban (registration unknown)
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown
No
Non-occupational
Application
Unknown
Unknown
<=15 min / <=15 min
Unknown / Inconnu
6/11/08 Caller states product was applied subterraneously in 1997 in her home for termites. The caller states she immediately developed swelling of both wrists. She was seen by a homeopathic doctor who told her she had pesticide poisoning shortly after the application of the product in her home. The caller states she also found she was anemic and was diagnosed with an unspecified heart condition (unknown). Caller states her homeopathic doctor told her that her arthritis was due to the pesticide poisoning and it is now in her bones. The caller states there was no known direct exposure to the pesticide especially since it was applied subterraneously .
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. The possibility of this patient¿s ongoing illness being linked to her simply reentering a home 11 years ago following the subterranean termite application is simply inconceivable based on the weight of existing peer reviewed scientific data.