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Experimental asbestos carcinogenesis.
Authors
Reeves-AL; Puro-HE; Smith-RG; Vorwald-AJ
Source
Environ Res 1971 Dec; 4(6):496-511
NIOSHTIC No.
00012058
Abstract
Laboratory rodents were exposed to one of three mineralogical types of asbestos dust amosite, crocidolite, or chrysotile. Inhalation exposures were accompalished in chambers where ballmilled specimens of these dusts were disseminated for 4 hours daily, 4 days weekly. Additional animals were injected with these dusts intratracheally, intrapleurally, or intraperitoneally. Histopathologic studies showed a fibrotic reaction in all species to all three types of dusts, with amosite provoking the strongest such response especially in guinea pigs. Two pulmonary cancers were produced in rats exposed to the inhalation of crocidolite. Local injection into the pleural or peritoneal cavities caused 5 mesotheliomas in rats after chrysotile treatment and 6 meotheliomas in rats and rabbits after crocidolite treatment. Guinea pigs and hamsters developed no tumors in this experiment, and with the dose used, there were no tumors in any species in the amosite group.
Keywords
NIOSH-Publication; NIOSH-Grant; Dust-inhalation; Asbestos-dusts; Carcinogenesis; Lung-fibrosis; Respiratory-disorders; Lung-cancer
Contact
Occupational & Environ Health Wayne State University 625 Mullett Detroit, Mich 48226
CODEN
ENVRAL
CAS No.
1332-21-4; 12001-29-5; 12001-28-4
Publication Date
19711201
Document Type
Journal Article
Funding Amount
219288
Funding Type
Grant
Fiscal Year
1972
Identifying No.
Grant-Number-R01-OH-000323
Issue of Publication
6
ISSN
0013-9351
Source Name
Environmental Research
State
MI
Performing Organization
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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