New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2009-3158
Registrant Reference Number: SC496814
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
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: FLORIDA
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 62719-32
Product Name: Curfew Soil Fumigant
Other (specify)
FumigantYes
Unknown
Site: Pub. Area - Outdoor/Zone publique - ext
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
3
Day(s) / Jour(s)
Non-occupational
Drift from the application site
None
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
7/3/2009 Caller reports that a family member lives adjacent to a golf course where the product was applied two days ago. Yesterday, the family member developed difficulty swallowing and drove to the hospital. The family member was found to have an evolving allergic reaction of unknown cause, which eventually required intubation due to swelling of the tongue and airway. The family member is currently sedated on a ventilator, and is receiving intravenous steroids and Benadryl. 7/6/2009 Attempted callback to original caller. A message was left requesting follow up information. 7/9/2009 Callback to original caller for follow up. The physicians determined that the allergic reaction was due to a new medication the family member was taking, and have ruled out any involvement of the product.
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. Description of events does not provide an indication of a defined point of exposure. The onset of this patient¿s illness was merely temporally related to the use of the Curfew on adjacent property. A comprehensive hospital evaluation has definitively ruled out any involvement of the Curfew Soil Fumigant as the patient was diagnosed with an allergic reaction to a drug he recently started.