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Methylene Chloride: A 2-Year Inhalation Toxicity and Oncogenicity Study in Rats1

K. D. NITSCHKE, J. D. BUREK2, T. J. BELL, R. J. KOCIBA, L. M. RAMPY and M. J. MCKENNA3

Mammalian and Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory, Health and Environmental Scinece, U. S.A. The Dow Chemical compan Midland, Michigan 48674

Received April 13, 1987; accepted January 20, 1988

Methylene Chloride: A 2-Year Inhalation Toxicity and Oncogenicity Study in Rats. Nit-schke, K. D. Burek, J. D., Bell, T. J., Kociba, R. J., Rampy, L. W. and McKenna, M. J. (1988). Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 11, 48-59. Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to 0, 50, 200, or 500 ppm methylene chloride for 6 hr/day, 5 days/week for 2 years. Blood carboxyhemoglobin levels were elevated in a dose-dependent (less than linear) manner in rats exposed to 50–500 ppm methylene chloride Histopathologic lesions related to methylene chloride exposure were confined to the liver and mammary tissue of rats. An increased incidence of hepatocellular vacuolization was observed in male and female rats exposed to 500 ppm methylene chloride. Female rats exposed to 500 ppm methylene chloride also had an increased incidence of multinucleated hepatocytes and number of spontaneous benign mammary tumors/ tumor-bearing rat (adenomas, fibromas, and fibroadenomas with no progression toward malignancy); the incidence of benign mammary tumors in female rats exposed to 50 or 200 ppm methylene chloride was comparable to historical control values. No increase in the number of any malignant tumor type was observed in rats exposed to concentrations as high as 500 ppm methylene chloride. Additional groups of female rats were exposed to 500 ppm methylene chloride for the first 12 months or the last 12 months of the 24-month study. The response observed in female rats exposed to 500 ppm for the first 12 months was the same as that observed in female rats exposed to 500 ppm for 2 years. Conversely, the response observed in female rats exposed to 500 ppm during the last 12 months of the study was similar to that observed in control animals. Based upon the results of this study, the no-adverse-effect level for chronic inhalation exposure of Sprague-Dawley rats was judged to be 200 ppm methylene chloride.


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