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Title: Final report on the short term reproductive and developmental toxicity of chlorodibromo-methane (CAS No. 124-48-1) administered in drinking water to sprague-dawley rats. Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:415855

The potential toxicity of chlorodibromomethane (CAS No. 124-48-1; CDBM) was evaluated using a short-term reproductive and developmental toxicity screen. This study design was selected to identify the process (development; female reproduction; various somatic organs/processes) that is the most sensitive to chlorodibromomethane exposure. A dose-range finding study was conducted at concentrations of 0, 5, 50, 150, and 450 ppm in drinking water in order to select concentrations for the 35-day study. Based on dose-related body weight gain reductions and decreased water consumption, the concentrations for the 35-day study were selected to be 0, 50, 150, and 450 ppm. One group of male rats (10 per group) and two groups of female rats, designated as Group A (peri-conception, 10 per group) and Group B (gestational exposure, 13 per group), were used at each dose level. Control animals received deionized water, the vehicle.

Research Organization:
R.O.W. Sciences, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
OSTI ID:
415855
Report Number(s):
PB-97-111728/XAB; CNN: Contract NIEHS-N01-ES-15323; TRN: 63311573
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English