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TR-486 Isoprene

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 486

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
ISOPRENE
78-79-5
12/10/97 MONOMER AND COMONOMER FOR ELASTOMERS, PREPARED FROM TURPENTINE, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (MERCK 1989) Inhalation R: 0, 220, 700, OR 7000 PPM; 50/SEX/GROUP Battelle Northwest Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: CLEAR EVIDENCE MAMMARY GLAND: FIBROADENOMA 2/50 4/50 6/50 21/50 FIBROADENOMA OR CARCINOMA COMBINED 2/50 5/50 7/50 21/50
KIDNEY TUBULAR CELL: (SINGLE SECTION) ADENOMA 0/50 2/50 2/50 6/50 (SINGLE AND STEP SECTION) ADENOMA 2/50 4/50 8/50 15/50
TESTIS: ADENOMA 33/50 37/50 44/50 48/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: KIDNEY: HYPERPLASIA
FR: SOME EVIDENCE MAMMARY GLAND: FIBROADENOMA 19/50 35/50 32/50 32/50 MULTIPLE FIBROADENOMA 7/50 12/50 19/50 17/50
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: BRAIN: ASTROCYTOMA 0/50 0/50 1/50 0/50, GLIOMA 0/50 0/50 0/50 1/50, MEDULOBLASTOMA 0/50 0/50 0/50 1/50, MENINGEAL GRANULAR CELL TUMOR 0/50 1/50 0/50 1/50, MENINGEAL SARCOMA 0/50 1/50 0/50 1/50