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TR-361 Hexachloroethane

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 361

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
HEXACHLOROETHANE
67-72-1
10/03/88 SOLVENT, IN EXPLOSIVES, CAMPHOR SUBSTITUTE IN CELLULOID, IN PRODUCTION OF METALS, ANTIHELMINTIC DRUG, MOTH REPELLANT, RUBBER VULCANIZING, FLAME PROOFING (HSDB 1990) Gavage MR: 0, 10, 20, FR: 0, 80, 160 MG/KG/50 PER GROUP T.S.I. Mason Laboratories, Inc.
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: CLEAR EVIDENCE KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA 1/50 2/50 3/50 OR CARCINOMA 0/50 0/50 3/50 COMBINED 1/50 2/50 7/50
KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: ADENOMA 0/50 0/50 1/50
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: ADRENAL GLAND MEDULLA: PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA 15/50 28/45 21/49
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY; MINERALIZATION 2/50 15/50 32/50; PELVIS, TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM, HYPERPLASIA 0/50 7/50 7/50
FR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: INCREASED SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY; NEPHROPATHY 22/50 42/50 45/50