New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2024-2524
Registrant Reference Number: 3910834
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Scotts Canada Ltd.
Address: 202-6835 Century Ave
City: Mississauga
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: L5N 7K2
Human
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: INDIANA
PMRA Registration No. PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No. 239-2746
Product Name: ORTHO HOME DEFENSE MAX BED BUG, FLEA & TICK KILLER WAND
Liquid
No
Unknown
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >12 <=19 yrs / >12 <=19 ans
System
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
No
Yes
1
Day(s) / Jour(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
Other
None
Unknown
Unknown / Inconnu
Unknown / Inconnu
5/13/2024 Caller states her girlfriends son is having problems after using the product. He is not sure if he sprayed the product or ingested it. He is having slurred speech and swallowing problems since being exposed to the product 2 hours prior to calling. Caller states the child is saying he did not ingest the product but his mother states he did. No further details regarding ingestion could be provided. Caller could not determine how much product could potentially be missing from the bottle as it had already been used. 5/14/2024 Callback from caller. Caller states that he took his son to the emergency department last night. Teen was underwent magnetic resonance imaging which was unremarkable. Blood work came back with normal values. Teen was admitted to the hospital for observation. Teen did have a catheter put in. The doctor did not know what may be causing the symptoms and the teen was not diagnosed with anything. Caller thinks his son may have had a mini stroke but cannot say for sure. He was not given any medications or fluids in the hospital. Teen was discharged and came home this morning. Symptoms have all resolved. The teen stated that he did not drink the product. Caller states that no one actually saw him drink the product. No further information is available.
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.