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Administrative data

Endpoint:
carcinogenicity: inhalation
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
other information
Reliability:
4 (not assignable)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Original data not available

Data source

Referenceopen allclose all

Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1981
Reference Type:
secondary source
Title:
No information
Author:
!SIDSP*
Year:
1993
Bibliographic source:
OECD/SIDS. Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) of OECD High Production Volume Chemicals Programme, 19, (1993)

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 451 (Carcinogenicity Studies)
GLP compliance:
not specified

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
2,3,4-trichlorobut-1-ene
EC Number:
219-397-9
EC Name:
2,3,4-trichlorobut-1-ene
Cas Number:
2431-50-7
Molecular formula:
C4H5Cl3
IUPAC Name:
2,3,4-trichlorobut-1-ene
Details on test material:
- Name of test material (as cited in study report): 1-Butene, 2,3,4-trichloro

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Wistar
Sex:
male/female

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
inhalation
Type of inhalation exposure (if applicable):
not specified
Vehicle:
not specified
Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
not specified
Duration of treatment / exposure:
25 months
Frequency of treatment:
6h/d, 5d/w
Post exposure period:
no data
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Remarks:
Doses / Concentrations:
0.001 and 0.013 mg/L (0.2 and 2.0 ppm)
Basis:
other: Starting doses
Remarks:
Doses / Concentrations:
0.001 and 0.010 mg/L (0.2 and 1.5 ppm)
Basis:
other: After 12 weeks high dose was reduced
No. of animals per sex per dose:
55
Control animals:
yes
Details on study design:
Post-exposure period: no

Examinations

Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
Sacrifice and pathology:
GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes
HISTOPATHOLOGY: Yes

Results and discussion

Results of examinations

Clinical signs:
effects observed, treatment-related
Mortality:
mortality observed, treatment-related
Body weight and weight changes:
effects observed, treatment-related
Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
not specified
Food efficiency:
not specified
Water consumption and compound intake (if drinking water study):
not specified
Ophthalmological findings:
not specified
Haematological findings:
no effects observed
Clinical biochemistry findings:
no effects observed
Urinalysis findings:
not specified
Behaviour (functional findings):
not specified
Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
effects observed, treatment-related
Gross pathological findings:
not specified
Histopathological findings: non-neoplastic:
effects observed, treatment-related
Histopathological findings: neoplastic:
effects observed, treatment-related
Details on results:
Inhalation exposure (6h/d, 5d/w for 25 months) to 1.5 ppm 2,3,4-trichlorobut-1-ene induced nasal tumors in Wistar rats.

CLINICAL SIGNS AND MORTALITY
high dose group: dyspnoea, signs of chronic respiratory disease, growth retardation, increased mortality

HAEMATOLOGY
no effects

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
no effects

ORGAN WEIGHTS
high dose group: increased rel. lung weights

HISTOPATHOLOGY: NON-NEOPLASTIC
low dose group: inflammatory changes and non-neoplastic alterations of the olfactory epithelium;

HISTOPATHOLOGY: NEOPLASTIC (if applicable)
high dose group: nasal neuroepitheliomas of olfactoneurogenic origin 27 % in males and 18 % in females, 3 % malignant nasal Schwannomas in males (control all these tumors 0 %)
low dose group: no nasal tumors

Effect levels

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Dose descriptor:
NOAEC
Effect level:
0.2 ppm
Sex:
male/female
Basis for effect level:
other: (0.001 mg/L)
Remarks on result:
other: Effect type: carcinogenicity (migrated information)
Dose descriptor:
LOAEC
Effect level:
1.5 ppm
Sex:
male/female
Basis for effect level:
other: (0.010 mg/L) nasal neuroepitheliomas of olfactoneurogenic origin 27 % in males and 18 % in females, 3 % malignant nasal Schwannomas in males
Remarks on result:
other: Effect type: carcinogenicity (migrated information)

Any other information on results incl. tables

Freetext:
haematological and biochemical values not effected
1.5/2.0 ppm (at week 12 dose-level of 2.0 ppm was lowered
to 1.5 ppm up to week 83): dyspnoea, growth retardation,
increased mortality, increased rel. lung weights, signs of
chronic respiratory disease, nasal neuroepitheliomas of
olfactoneurogenic origin 27 % in males and 18 % in females,
3 % malignant nasal Schwannomas in males (control all these
tumors 0 %) 0.2 ppm: inflammatory changes and non-neoplastic
alterations of the olfactory epithelium; no nasal tumors

Applicant's summary and conclusion