New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2012-0894
Registrant Reference Number: 877577
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): McLaughlin Gormley King Company
Address: 8810 Tenth Ave North
City: Minneapolis
Prov / State: MN
Country: USA
Postal Code: 55427-4319
Domestic Animal
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: ARIZONA
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 1021-1855-79529
Product Name: BLACK FLAG One Shot Ant & Roach Killer
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
Animal's Owner
Dog / Chien
Chihuahua
1
Female
7
5.00
lbs
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
System
Persisted until death
No
No
Died
Other / Autre
specify No definable point of exposure with the pesticide occurred.
(eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms
10/31/2011 Caller applied the product to an area outside around the front steps 3 days ago. Several hours later, the dog was allowed free access to the area where product had been applied. The dog was never actually seen directly on the area or sniffing around the area. On the following day, the dog developed clear vomiting, foaming at the mouth, and died the same day. The dog has since been buried. The dog was never evaluated by a veterinarian.
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. Any relationship between the use of this product and the 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 with a surface treated with this pesticide occurred, such serious illness as reported in this dog is unexpected. Even if true pyrethroid toxicity were to occur in this case it would manifest with acute neurological complications, primarily in the form of tremors and ataxia which were not reported in this incident. Furthermore, this animal was never properly evaluated and treated by a veterinarian, nor had it received proper preventive care in the form of vaccines and anti-parasite treatment prior to the occurrence of this incident.