New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2024-4587
Registrant Reference Number: 3923166
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): Bayer CropScience Inc.
Address: 160 Quarry Park Boulevard SE Suite 130
City: CALGARY
Prov / State: AB
Country: Canada
Postal Code: T2C 3G3
Human
Packaging Failure
Country: CANADA
Prov / State: QUEBEC
PMRA Registration No. 24299 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: ROUNDUP READY-TO-USE GRASS & WEED CONTROL WITH FASTACT FOAM
Yes
Unknown
Site: Res. - Out Home / Rés - à l'ext.maison
Unknown
Data Subject
Sex: Female
Age: Unknown / Inconnu
System
Unknown / Inconnu
No
No
Unknown
Non-occupational
Application
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
None
Skin
<=15 min / <=15 min
<=30 min / <=30 min
5/29/2024 All of the following was spontaneously reported by the caller. Consumer reports experiencing tingling and numbness after using the RoundUp RTU Grass & Weed Control with FastAct Foam. Approximately 15 min prior to the call, she was spraying the product without gloves on. When she went to turn the nozzle, some of the solution leaked out onto her hands and arm. She immediately went inside and washed her skin several times with soap and hot water. Consumer reports that the sensation feels like ants on her skin and towards the end of the call, she reported having numbness on her arm. Consumer was very anxious to know whether the product could be absorbed into the bloodstream since it "kills trees".
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.
Bottle-plastic / Bouteille-plastique
Use of Product
potential injury
potential exposure
5/29/2024 All of the following was spontaneously reported by the caller. Consumer reports experiencing tingling and numbness after using the RoundUp RTU Grass & Weed Control with FastAct Foam. Approximately 15 min prior to the call, she was spraying the product without gloves on. When she went to turn the nozzle, some of the solution leaked out onto her hands and arm. She immediately went inside and washed her skin several times with soap and hot water. Consumer reports that the sensation feels like ants on her skin and towards the end of the call, she reported having numbness on her arm. Consumer was very anxious to know whether the product could be absorbed into the bloodstream since it "kills trees".
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.