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Consumer Product Safety

Incident Report

Subform I: General Information

1. Report Type.

New incident report

Incident Report Number: 2014-2183

2. Registrant Information.

Registrant Reference Number: SC1390766

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

3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.

Human

4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.

27-MAY-14

5. Location of incident.

Country: UNITED STATES

Prov / State: OHIO

6. Date incident was first observed.

Unknown

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. 62719-260

Product Name: Crossbow Herbicide

  • Active Ingredient(s)
    • 2,4-D (PRESENT AS ACID)
      • Guarantee/concentration 34.4 %
    • TRICLOPYR
      • Guarantee/concentration 16.5 %

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).

Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding application.

To be determined by Registrant

12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?

No

Subform II: Human Incident Report (A separate form for each person affected)

1. Source of Report.

Other

2. Demographic information of data subject

Sex: Female

Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans

3. List all symptoms, using the selections below.

System

  • Eye
    • Symptom - Blurred vision
    • Symptom - Edema
  • General
    • Symptom - Fatigue
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - Pressure across the front of the head
  • Respiratory System
    • Symptom - Other
    • Specify - Sinus infection
  • Nervous and Muscular Systems
    • Symptom - Difficulty talking

4. How long did the symptoms last?

Unknown / Inconnu

5. Was medical treatment provided? Provide details in question 13.

Yes

6. a) Was the person hospitalized?

Yes

6. b) For how long?

1

Week(s) / Semaine(s)

7. Exposure scenario

Non-occupational

8. How did exposure occur? (Select all that apply)

What was the activity? Please refer to field 13 on Subform II or field 17 of subform III for a detailed description regarding the activity

Drift from the application site

9. If the exposure occured during application or re-entry, what protective clothing was worn? (select all that apply)

None

10. Route(s) of exposure.

Unknown

11. What was the length of exposure?

>1 mo <= 6 mos / > 1 mois < = 6 mois

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.)

5/27/2014 Caller states that two of his neighbors have been using the product on the adjacent properties. He alleges that product is coming over onto his property and making his wife sick. He was unable to describe when or how the product was reaching his property or how his wife would have been exposed. Approximately 1 year ago she developed chronic fatigue, pressure across the front of her head, slowed speech, swelling around the eyes, and blurred vision. She has seen multiple doctors, had surgery for a fungal sinus infection that caused a cyst, and was recently hospitalized for 1 week due to a sinus infection.

To be determined by Registrant

14. Severity classification.

Major

15. Provide supplemental information here.

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 insidious 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 this product occurred, such illness would be unexpected and is not consistent with the toxicological profile of this product.