It turns out the little girl was allergic to the weeds.
It does not matter if water was sprayed on those weeds, if it was labeled as a PESTICIDE, it gets a bad rap.
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The reporter, a parent, indicates exposure of his child to an herbicide containing the active ingredient acetic acid. The reporter indicates he applied the product three days prior to the initial contact with the registrant. He did not specify any details regarding the application. The caller reported his (age) daughter had gone out in to the yard to pull weeds one hour prior to the initial contact with the registrant. She now had developed the symptoms of dermal swelling, erythema, tingling and blotchy skin? on the hand used to pick the weeds. The caller was advised of the mild irritant effect on the skin contact with wetted product may have. Symptoms of the magnitude described would not be expected following dermal contact with application areas three days following application. The caller was advised to see a doctor if the symptoms worsen of persist. On routine call back the reporter indicates his daughter took an antihistamine and had resolved within four hours of the exposure. No further information is available
