New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2013-2573
Registrant Reference Number: SC997185
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: CANADA
Prov / State: ALBERTA
PMRA Registration No. 27031 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: SPECTRUM A SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE HERBICIDE
Yes
Unknown
Site: Agricultural-Outdoor/Agricole-extérieur
Préciser le type: Barley field
Other
Sex: Female
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
>30 min <=2 hrs / >30 min <=2 h
No
No
Occupational
Drift from the application site
None
Respiratory
<=15 min / <=15 min
<=30 min / <=30 min
6/26/2012 Last night caller and her husband began to smell a strong odor entering their home through open windows. The barley field on the farm next door about 75 to 100 yards from their property was being sprayed by a tractor-pulled ground sprayer. Both caller and her husband developed respiratory irritation and coughing. They shut the windows facing that side of the house and opened windows facing the other directions. Their symptoms resolved within 2 to 3 hours. Caller contacted the neighbor and was told that they hired an agronomist who hired the spraying company. It is unknown if anything else was in the mix tank at the time or what version of product was used. They were told that Spectrum A was being applied.
Minor
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.
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
>30 min <=2 hrs / >30 min <=2 h
No
No
Occupational
Drift from the application site
None
Respiratory
<=15 min / <=15 min
<=30 min / <=30 min
6/26/2012 Last night caller and her husband began to smell a strong odor entering their home through open windows. The barley field on the farm next door about 75 to 100 yards from their property was being sprayed by a tractor-pulled ground sprayer. Both caller and her husband developed respiratory irritation and coughing. They shut the windows facing that side of the house and opened windows facing the other directions. Their symptoms resolved within 2 to 3 hours. Caller contacted the neighbor and was told that they hired an agronomist who hired the spraying company. It is unknown if anything else was in the mix tank at the time or what version of product was used. They were told that Spectrum A was being applied.
Minor
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.