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Incident Report Number: 2011-5187
Registrant Reference Number: 850266
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: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: FLORIDA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 4822-473
Product Name: Raid Ant Killer 16 -17.5 oz
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - In Home / Rés. - à l'int. maison
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Non-occupational
Other
None
Unknown
<=15 min / <=15 min
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
On 9/8/2011 a consumer called to report that this pesticide spray was applied around her door frame about 7 days ago. About 4 days after the application, the consumer's son-in-law had walked into the consumer's home using this doorway. The son-in-law then returned home to New York the following day. Two days following his entry into the consumer's home, the son-in-law developed dizziness and experienced a 'seizure'. The nature and duration of the seizure is unknown. The son-in-law had been transported to a local ER and was eventually admitted to the hospital for further testing. No further seizures have occurred since the initial pre-hospital seizure. No diagnosis or cause has been determined. Follow-up calls were made with the consumer on 9/12/2011 and again on 9/13/2011. Messages were left with each callback attempt, however, the consumer did not return these messages requesting follow-up.
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. Any relationship between the use of this product and the delayed development of the complications reported in this case is inconceivable and lacks biological plausibility. Secondly, 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 occurred with a surface treated with this product, such delayed complications would not be possible.