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TR-435 4,4-Thiobis(6-Tert-Butyl-m-Cresol)

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 435

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
4,4-THIOBIS(6-TERT-BUTYL-M- CRESOL)
96-69-5
06/22/93 ANTIOXIDANT FOR SYNTHETIC & NATURAL RUBBER & LATEXES, STABILIZER FOR POLYETHYLENE FOOD PACKAGING (HSDB 1990). Dosed-Feed R: 0,.05,.1,.25, M: 0,.025,.05,.1 % Battelle Columbus Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: KUPFFER CELL HYPERTROPHY; CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION; MIXED CELL FOCI
FR: NO EVIDENCE
OTHER :CONSIDERATIONS: MAMMARY GLAND: FIBROADENOMA, ADENOMA, OR CARCINOMA COMBINED 32/50 24/50 11/50 16/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: KUPFFER CELL HYPERTROPHY; CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION; FATTY CHANGE; MIXED CELL FOCI
KIDNEY: INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
MM: NO EVIDENCE
OTHER :CONSIDERATIONS: LIVER: FATTY CHANGE 19/50 17/50 5/50 6/50; CLEAR CELL FOCI 6/50 5/50 2/50 0/50; ADENOMA OR CARCINOMA COMBINED 25/50 30/50 27/50 16/50
FM: NO EVIDENCE