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Incident Report Number: 2008-3957
Registrant Reference Number: 361433
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: CANADA
Prov / State: BRITISH COLUMBIA
PMRA Registration No. 18449 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: Raid Liquid Ant Killer 100 ml (Canada)
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
>3 days <=1 wk / >3 jours <=1 sem
Yes
No
Non-occupational
Application
None
Unknown
<=15 min / <=15 min
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
8/13/2008 Caller's spouse applied the product to the outside of the home one week ago. Three days after application, spouse developed a rash on neck, chest, stomach, and legs. Large hives developed in the areas the next day. Spouse was seen in the emergency room. Spouse was given an injection of Benadryl and monitored for a few hours before being released. She was also prescribed oral prednisone therapy. Spouse's symptoms have improved. Follow-up with a personal doctor did not reveal any obvious cause for this apparent allergic reaction.
Moderate
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 differential diagnosis for dermatological disorders, especially during the warm weather months, would include multiple potential etiologies such as heat rash, sunburn, viral infection, allergic reaction to sunscreens, allergic reaction to a consumed food or medication, and allergic reaction to a naturally occurring environmental allergen such as a component of a plant like poison ivy or poison oak. Furthermore, with the product use history as described in this case, there does not appear to be any point of defined exposure where the patient actually had physical contact with the pesticide that would be needed before suggesting a possible causal relationship to an allergic reaction.