New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2010-3835
Registrant Reference Number: 657688
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: IDAHO
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 62719-86
Product Name: Curtail M Herbicide
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
Medical Professional
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown / Inconnu
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Non-occupational
Application
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
>2 hrs <=8 hrs / > 2 h < = 8 h
7/5/2010 Caller is a physician treating a patient who applied the product earlier today. The patient was spraying weeds with the product, and does not report any known exposure to the product during application. The patient developed ataxia, vomiting, and diarrhea. 7/7/2010 Callback attempted to the original caller. A message was left requesting follow up information. 7/8/2010 The original caller reports that the patient was transferred to another hospital. The patient developed persistent vomiting, persistent diarrhea, and weakness. The patient eventually developed a third degree heart block. Caller stated that there was no definitive diagnosis that he knows of, but has not received an update from the other facility.
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 product use history is extremely vague and lacks any description of a known or defined point of direct exposure to this product. Even had casual or incidental contact with this product occurred, such illness would be unexpected. Sustained skin contact with this herbicide is typically associated with dermatitis and this condition was not reported in this case. When considering the body of regulatory data and post-marketing data as well as the weight of scientific peer reviewed evidence on the active ingredients used in this product such a causal relationship appears to be scientifically implausible.