Incident Report
Subform I: General Information
1. Report Type.
New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2012-2453
2. Registrant Information.
Registrant Reference Number: 2012-IR-08
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): E.I. du Pont Canada Company
Address: 7070 Mississauga Road
City: Mississauga
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: LN 5M8
3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.
Human
4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.
27-JUN-12
5. Location of incident.
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: MICHIGAN
6. Date incident was first observed.
27-JUN-12
Product Description
7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.
Active(s)
PMRA Registration No.
PMRA Submission No.
EPA Registration No. 352-793
Product Name: DuPont Imprelis Herbicide
7. b) Type of formulation.
Liquid
Application Information
8. Product was applied?
Yes
9. Application Rate.
Unknown
10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).
Product was applied to a yard by the homeowners landscapers.
To be determined by Registrant
12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?
Yes
Subform II: Human Incident Report (A separate form for each person affected)
1. Source of Report.
Other
2. Demographic information of data subject
Sex: Male
Age: Unknown / Inconnu
3. List all symptoms, using the selections below.
System
- General
- Symptom - Cancer
- Specify - skin cancer "merkel cell carcinoma"
4. How long did the symptoms last?
Unknown / Inconnu
5. Was medical treatment provided? Provide details in question 13.
Unknown
6. a) Was the person hospitalized?
No
6. b) For how long?
7. Exposure scenario
Non-occupational
8. How did exposure occur? (Select all that apply)
Contact with treated area
What was the activity? re-entry
9. If the exposure occured during application or re-entry, what protective clothing was worn? (select all that apply)
Unknown
10. Route(s) of exposure.
Unknown
11. What was the length of exposure?
Unknown / Inconnu
12. Time between exposure and onset of symptoms.
Unknown / Inconnu
13. Provide any additional details about the incident (eg. description of the frequency and severity of the symptoms, type of medical treatment, results from medical tests, outcome of the incident, amount of pesticide exposed to, etc.)
On may 18 and 21st, "the person" talked to (name) poison control centre (RMPC) to report that Imprelis had been used on his property and he believed that skin cancer appeared on his body in April 2011. He further stated that imprelis killed his pine trees and six other trees and he believed that exposure from contact with dirt and grass in his yard "may have aggitated it or something" (refereing to the skin cancer). No specific time of exposure or duration of exposure to the product was given. The product was applied by his landscapers.
To be determined by Registrant
14. Severity classification.
Moderate
15. Provide supplemental information here.
(name) reported that information was read to "the person" from the MSDS for Imprelis including, "none of the components present in this material at concentrations equal to or greater than 0.1% are listed by (name), (name) or (name), as a carcinogen. And "SKIN Contact: the material is not likely to be hazardous by skin contact, but cleansing the skin after use is advisable. He was also told to follow up with a physician.