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TR-490 Glutaraldehyde

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 490

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
GLUTARALDEHYDE
111-30-8
10/30/98 DISINFECTANT AND STERILIZING AGENT. EMBALMING FLUID. CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE FOR ADHESIVES, ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, TANNING SOFT LEATHERS (HSDB 1990). IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING, DENTAL MATERIALS. Inhalation R: 0, 250, 500, OR 750 PPB; 50/SEX/GROUP M: 0, 62.5, 125, OR 250 PPB; 50/SEX/ GROUP Battelle Northwest Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM INFLAMMATION;RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM GOBLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM HYALINE DEGENERATION
FR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM INFLAMMATION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM GOBLET CELL HYPERPLASIA; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM HYALINE DEGENERATION
MM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA
FM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; HYALINE DEGENERATION; INFLAMMATION