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TR-410 Naphthalene

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 410

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01 (updated 2/20/03)

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
NAPHTHALENE
91-20-3
03/11/91 CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE, INSECTICIDES, REPELLANTS, ANTISEPTIC, VERMICIDE, SYNTHETIC RESINS; IN VARIOUS COMMERCICAL MOTH REPELLANTS AND TOILET BOWL CLEANERS; TOPICALLY IN VETERINARY MEDICINE. PREPARED FROM COAL TAR. Inhalation 0,10 (75 mice/sex/group),30 (150 mice/sex/group) PPM Man Tech, Inc.
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM, METAPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM, HYPERPLASIA
LUNG: INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC
FM: SOME EVIDENCE LUNG: ALVEOLAR/BRONCHIOLAR ADENOMA 5/68 2/64 28/134
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: NASAL CAVITY: INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM, METAPLASIA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM, HYPERPLASIA
LUNG: INFLAMMATION, CHRONIC