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Levels from TR-529 2,2',4,4',5,5',-Hexachlorobiphenyl

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 529

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTOR EVALUATION (PCB 153- 2,2'-4,4',5,5'- HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL)
35065-27-1
12/09/04   Gavage FEMALE RATS ONLY: PCB-153 - 0, 10, 100, 300, 1000, OR 3000 UG/KG AND 3000 UG/KG (STOP-EXPOSURE); 50/DOSE Battelle Columbus Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
FR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE LIVER: CHOLANGIOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/53 2/53 0/51 2/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: HEPATOCYTE HYPERTROPHY; DIFFUSE FATTY CHANGE; BILE DUCT HYPERPLASIA; OVAL CELL HYPERPLASIA; PIGMENTATION
  THYROID GLAND: FOLLICULAR CELL HYPERTROPHY
  OVARY: CHRONIC ACTIVE INFLAMMATION
  OVIDUCT: CHRONIC ACTIVE INFLAMMATION
  UTERUS: SUPPURATIVE INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC ACTIVE INFLAMMATION