New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2009-3132
Registrant Reference Number: 478136
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
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: OHIO
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-469
Product Name: OFF! Powerpad Lamp Refill
Other (specify)
Solid lamp stripUnknown
Unknown
Animal's Owner
Dog / Chien
Great Dane
1
Male
0.42
60
lbs
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
Yes
No
Died
Other / Autre
specify Defined point of exposure not evident or witnessed. Exposure based on speculation.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
5/27/2009 Caller reports that two of the product refills have gone missing sometime in the past two to 8 hours. She suspects her dog may have eaten them, but she is not sure. The caller's dog has developed lethargy, diarrhea, anorexia. The dog has had no witnessed exposure to the product. 6/9/2009 Callback attempted to original caller. A message was left requesting follow up information. 6/11/2009 Callback to original caller for follow up information. The dog was taken to a veterinarian for an evaluation. The dog was given something for pain control. Caller brought the dog home where the dog died. No cause of death was determined as the owner was not able to afford advanced testing or treatment.
Death
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 product exposure appears to be based on speculation as there is no visible evidence that the dog actually ingested the pesticide refills. Secondly, the ingestion of d-cis trans allethrin containing refill strips may be expected to produce primarily stomach irritation resulting in vomiting, however, such a symptom was not reported in this case, thus suggesting that exposure may not have occurred. When considering the body of regulatory data and post-marketing data as well as the weight of scientific peer reviewed evidence on the d-cis tran allethrin used in this product such a causal relationship appears to be scientifically implausible even if the animal had managed to ingest two full strips of the lamp refill. Unfortunately, the pet owner did not seek prompt medical attention nor was she able to afford the necessary diagnostic testing to determine the cause of the illness and identify potentially life saving treatment interventions.