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Levels from TR-515 Propylene Glycol Mono-t-butyl Ether

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 515

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO-T-BUTYL ETHER
57018-52-7
05/22/03 SOLVENT (USED AS A SUBSTITUTE SOLVENT FOR ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONO ALKYL ETHERS); USED IN ALL PURPOSE CLEANERS, COATINGS, INKS, NAIL POLISH, LACQUERS, LATEX PAINTS AND ADHESIVES. Inhalation R&M: 0, 75, 300, OR 1200 PPM; 50/SEX/SPECIES/GROUP Battelle Northwest Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA (STANDARD EVALUATION) 1/50 1/50 3/49 2/50 (STANDARD AND EXTENDED EVALUATIONS COMBINED) 1/50 2/50 5/49 4/50 ADENOMA OR CARCINOMA (STANDARD EVALUATION) 1/50 1/50 3/49 3/50 (STANDARD AND EXTENDED EVALUATIONS COMBINED) 1/50 2/50 5/49 5/50
LIVER: ADENOMA 3/50 0/50 2/49 6/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: HYPERPLASIA; HYALINE DROPLET ACCUMULATION; PAPILLA MINERALIZATION; TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIAL HYPERPLASIA; INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
LIVER: BASOPHILIC FOCI
NASAL CAVITY: EPITHELIAL HYALINE DEGENERATION
FR: NO EVIDENCE NONE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
LIVER: CLEAR CELL FOCI
NASAL CAVITY: EPITHELIAL HYALINE DEGENERATION
EYE: CORNEAL MINERALIZATION
MM: CLEAR EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 18/50 23/49 26/50 36/50 CARCINOMA 9/50 8/49 13/50 11/50 COMBINED 25/50 26/49 33/50 41/50 HEPATOBLASTOMA 0/50 0/49 1/50 5/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: EOSINOPHILIC FOCI; MULTINUCLEATED HEPATOCYTES
FM: CLEAR EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 14/49 8/50 10/50 37/49 CARCINOMA 4/49 8/50 7/50 10/49 COMBINED 18/49 14/50 16/50 41/49 HEPATOBLASTOMA 0/49 0/50 0/50 2/49
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: EOSINOPHILIC FOCI
EYE: CORNEAL MINERALIZATION