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Bio/Dynamics Inc. conducted a study on the toxicity and carcinogenicity of acrylonitrile in Sprague-<br />

Dawley rats (Bio/Dynamics, 1980a) for the Monsanto Company (St. Louis, MO); the results of this<br />

study were subsequently submitted to the US EPA by the Monsanto Company on June 30, 1980.<br />

Male and female Sprague-Dawley rats (100/sex/treatment group) were exposed to acrylonitrile in<br />

drinking water at concentrations of 0,1, and 100 ppm. Interim sacrifices (10/sex/treatment group) were<br />

conducted at 6, 12 and 18 months. The study was terminated at less than 2 years because of low<br />

survival rates; males were sacrificed at 22 months and females were sacrificed at 19 months.<br />

Statistically significant increases were noted in the incidence of astrocytomas of the brain and spinal<br />

cord, adenomas and carcinomas of the Zymbal gland, and nonglandular forestomach squamous cell<br />

papillomas and carcinomas in males and females of the 100 ppm group. Tumor incidence data are<br />

listed in Table 3.<br />

Table 3.<br />

Tumor incidences in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to acrylonitrile in<br />

drinking water (Bio/Dynamics, 1980a)<br />

Tumor type<br />

Dose level<br />

(ppm)<br />

Tumor incidence<br />

males females<br />

brain astrocytomas 0 2/98 0/99<br />

1 3/95 1/100<br />

100 23/97 32/97<br />

spinal cord astrocytomas 0 NA 0/96<br />

1 NA 0/99<br />

100 NA 7/98<br />

Zymbal gland carcinomas 0 1/100 0/99<br />

1 0/91 0/95<br />

100 14/93 7/98<br />

nonglandular forestomach papillomas/carcinomas 0 3/98 1/100<br />

1 3/98 4/99<br />

100 12/97 7/99<br />

NA - not analyzed<br />

A similar study was conducted by Bio/Dynamics Inc. on the toxicity and carcinogenicity of acrylonitrile<br />

in Fischer 344 rats (Bio/Dynamics, 1980b) for the Monsanto Company (St. Louis, MO); the results of<br />

this study were subsequently submitted to the US EPA by the Monsanto Company on December 12,<br />

1980. Male and female Fischer 344 rats (100/sex/acrylonitrile treatment group; 200/sex/control group)<br />

were exposed to acrylonitrile in the drinking water at concentrations of 0,1, 3, 10, 30 and 100 ppm.<br />

Interim sacrifices (10/sex/acrylonitrile treatment group; 20/sex/control group) were conducted at 6, 12<br />

and 18 months. The study was designed to be 24 months in duration; however, because of poor<br />

survival, all females were sacrificed at 23 months. Males were continued on study until 26 months,<br />

when survival rates comparable to females were achieved. Statistically significant increases were noted<br />

in the incidence of astrocytomas of the brain and spinal cord in males (30 and 100 ppm groups) and<br />

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