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TR-408 Mercuric Chloride

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 408

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
MERCURIC CHLORIDE
7487-94-7
07/10/91 PRESERVING WOOD. EMBALMING. BROWNING AND ETCHING STEEL AND IRON. REAGENT. CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE. INSECTICIDE. FUNGICIDE. MORDANT FOR FURS. VETERINARY DISINFECTANT AND ANTISEPTIC. (TDB) Gavage R: 0,2.5,5, M: 0,5,10 MG/KG/60 PER GROUP International Research & Development Corp.
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: SOME EVIDENCE FORESTOMACH: SQUAMOUS CELL PAPILLOMA 0/50 3/50 12/50
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: THYROID GLAND FOLLICULAR CELL: ADENOMA 1/50 4/50 0/50 OR CARCINOMA 1/50 2/50 6/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: NEPHROPATHY; TUBULAR HYPERPLASIA
FORESTOMACH: PAPILLARY HYPERPLASIA
NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION
FR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE FORESTOMACH: SQUAMOUS CELL PAPILLOMA 0/50 0/49 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: FORESTOMACH: PAPILLARY HYPERPLASIA
NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION
MM: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA 0/50 0/50 2/49 OR ADENOCARCINOMA 0/50 0/50 1/49
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: NEPHROPATHY
NASAL CAVITY: OLFACTORY EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA
FM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: NEPHROPATHY
NASAL CAVITY: OLFACTORY EPITHELIAL METAPLASIA