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TR-447 Acetonitrile

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 447

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
ACETONITRILE
75-05-8
06/21/94 SOLVENT IN HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION PROCESSES. SPECIALTY SOLVENT. CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE. SEPARATION OF FATTY ACIDS FROM VEGETABLE OILS. PHARMACEUTICALS. (TDB) Inhalation R: 0, 100, 200, OR 400 PPM M: 0, 50, 100, OR 200 PPM ; 50/GROUP Battelle Northwest Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 0/48 1/47 1/48 3/48 OR CARCINOMA 1/48 0/47 0/48 3/48 COMBINED 1/48 1/47 1/48 5/48
FR: NO EVIDENCE
MM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: FORESTOMACH: SQUAMOUS HYPERPLASIA
FM: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: FORESTOMACH: SQUAMOUS HYPERPLASIA