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TR-267 1,2-Propylene oxide

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 267

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
1,2-PROPYLENE OXIDE
75-56-9
06/29/83 INTERMEDIATE IN PRODUCTION OF POLYETHER POLYOLS; FUMIGANT FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FOOD. Inhalation 0,200,400 PPM/50 PER GROUP Battelle Northwest Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: SOME EVIDENCE NASAL CAVITY: ADENOMA 0/50 0/50 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, SUPPURATIVE; HYPERPLASIA, EPITHELIAL; METAPLASIA, SQUAMOUS
FR: SOME EVIDENCE NASAL CAVITY: ADENOMA 0/50 0/50 3/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, SUPPURATIVE; HYPERPLASIA, EPITHELIAL; METAPLASIA, SQUAMOUS
MM: CLEAR EVIDENCE VASCULAR SYSTEM (NASAL CAVITY): HEMANGIOMA 0/50 0/50 5/50; HEMANGIOSARCOMA 0/50 0/50 5/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, SUPPURATIVE
FM: CLEAR EVIDENCE VASCULAR SYSTEM (NASAL CAVITY): HEMANGIOMA 0/50 0/50 3/50; HEMANGIOSARCOMA 0/50 0/50 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, SUPPURATIVE