New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2014-2183
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
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: OHIO
Unknown
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 62719-260
Product Name: Crossbow Herbicide
Liquid
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
No
Other
Sex: Female
Age: >64 yrs / > 64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
Yes
1
Week(s) / Semaine(s)
Non-occupational
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
None
Unknown
>1 mo <= 6 mos / > 1 mois < = 6 mois
Unknown / Inconnu
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.
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 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.