Toxicological testing of rats subjected to inhalation of diethylhydroxylamine, nitroethane, and diethylamine hydrogen sulfite

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Environ. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-9351(81)90203-6· OSTI ID:5627782

Hiecklen, J ^[1]; Meagher, J F; Weaver, J

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1. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park

Long--Evans hooded rats were exposed by inhalation to 9-27 ppm diethylhydroxylamine and the vapor of diethylamine hydrogen sulfite. In one of three test chambers each containing 45-49 rats, the rats were also exposed to 9 +/- 2 ppm of nitroethane. In the first 12 months of the experiment two males and two females from both the control chamber and the chamber containing all three gases were sacrificed at 3-month intervals. After the first year only moribund animals were sacrificed except at the very end of the study when all remaining animals were sacrificed. Although hematological and blood chemistry evaluations indicated no significant differences between the control and exposed animals, gross and microscopic pathologic findings showed some variations, especially in the first year. Very early one test animal developed a hemangioendothelioma, but no additional ones developed later. Also hydrometra of the uterus, a condition common in old virgin female rats, was found in four exposed and one control female. Chronic tracheitis was found in five exposed and two control animals. Thyroid lesions were seen in the exposed animals after 6 months exposure, but not in animals exposed 9 months or longer. Examinations for animals exposed more than 1 year indicated no significant differences between the control and test groups, except for interstitial cell tumors of the testes which showed up in 4 of the 47 exposed males that were examined compared to 0 in the 25 control males. However, this incidence (8.5%) is too small to establish any definite conclusion.

• OSTI ID: 5627782
• Journal Information: Environ. Res.; (United States), Vol. 26:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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