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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2008-5493

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: 352293

Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Dow AgroSciences Canada Inc.

Address: 450-1st Street SW, Suite 2100

City: Calgary

Prov / State: AB

Country: Canada

Postal Code: T2P 5H1

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Human

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

26-JUL-08

5. Location of incident.

Country: CANADA

Prov / State: ONTARIO

6. Date incident was first observed.

25-JUL-08

Product Description

7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.

Active(s)

PMRA Registration No. 10495      PMRA Submission No.       EPA Registration No.

Product Name: Dikar Fungicide

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • DINOCAP (PLUS RELATED ACTIVE COMPOUNDS)
    • MANCOZEB

7. b) Type of formulation.

Application Information

8. Product was applied?

Yes

9. Application Rate.

Unknown

10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).

Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur

Préciser le type: Grape vines

11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).

Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding application.

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

No

Subform II: Human Incident Report (A separate form for each person affected)

1. Source of Report.

Other

2. Demographic information of data subject

Sex: Male

Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans

3. List all symptoms, using the selections below.

System

  • Eye
    • Symptom - Irritated eye
  • Skin
    • Symptom - Blister
  • Eye
    • Symptom - Burn on the eye

4. How long did the symptoms last?

>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours

5. Was medical treatment provided? Provide details in question 13.

Yes

6. a) Was the person hospitalized?

No

6. b) For how long?

7. Exposure scenario

Occupational

8. How did exposure occur? (Select all that apply)

Application

9. If the exposure occured during application or re-entry, what protective clothing was worn? (select all that apply)

None

10. Route(s) of exposure.

Eye

11. What was the length of exposure?

<=15 min / <=15 min

12. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms.

>2 hrs <=8 hrs / > 2 h < = 8 h

13. Provide any additional details about the incident (eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms, type of medical treatment, results from medical tests, outcome of the incident, amount of pesticide exposed to, etc.)

7/26/2008 Caller's husband used product on his vineyard 8 hours ago. He touched his eye 6 hours ago, then went to sleep, without rinsing his eye out. He developed a blister on his eye 30 minutes ago, when he woke up. The husband then when to a local ER where delayed eye irrigation was finally performed. He was diagnosed with a corneal burn and prescribed steroid ophthalmic drops before being sent home. He eventually recovered within 1 week.

To be determined by Registrant

14. Severity classification.

Moderate

15. Provide supplemental information here.

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. It appears that this patient did not follow label directions and promptly irrigate the eye following a reported exposure.