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Larry R. Zobel, MD, MPH Staff'Vice 'President and Medical Director
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Dear 8(e) Coordinator:
3M has received a draft statistical report from Covance Laboratory on a 2-year rat feeding study ofN-EtFOSE {N-Ethyl Perfluorooctanesulfonamido Ethanol (CAS 1691-99-2)}. The results o f this study are corroborative o f results submitted in 1988 to EPA in docket 8EHQ 1288-0373. This study was conducted using N-EtFOSE at a purity o f approximately 98%, in contrast to the earlier study which was believed to be 84-88%.
Groups of male and female rats received the compound in their feed. There were seven groups of rats - two control groups, a low dose of 1 ppm in diet, a low intermediate dose o f 3 ppm in diet, a high intermediate dose o f 30 ppm in diet, a high dose o f 100 ppm in diet and a high dose recovery group. The high dose recovery animals received the compound for the first year o f the study at 100 ppm in diet and no compound during the second year o f the study.
Statistical analyses o f the tumor data from this study revealed that the high dose female group showed a statistically significant increase in benign liver tumors. The liver tumor data are presented below.
MALES
Hepatocellular Adenoma
Control 1 Control 2 lppm 3ppm 30ppm lOOppm 100 ppm rec
2/55 5/60 4/60 4/50 2/50 5/60
0/40
Carcinoma
0/55 0/60 0/60 0/50 0/50
0/60 0/40
Contain NO CBl
US EPA Office o f Toxic Substances December 4, 2000 Page 2
FEMALES
Hepatocellular Adenoma
Control 1 Control 2 lppm 3ppm 30ppm lOOppm 100 ppm rec
0/55
2/60 1/60 1/50 3/50 6/60*
3/40*
Carcinoma
0/55
0/60 0/60 0/50 0/50 1/60 0/40
* significant p< 0.05, paired and trend, based on Control 1
Control 2 and the 1 ppm dose group were added after a 300 ppm dose group was discontinued. This was done two months into the study, when it became apparent that the 300 ppm dose group would not tolerate this level as a lifetime dose.
The liver is the target organ of toxicity for N-EtFOSE. Liver toxicity was present in the high dose (100 ppm) males and females. The liver toxicity was manifested histologically as hepatocellular vacuolation and hepatocellular centrilobular hypertrophy. These histologic liver changes were not manifested in the high dose (100 ppm) recovery animals indicating that the liver toxicity was a reversible effect.
The compound is not genotoxic, having been negative in multiple in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity assays.
The final report will be submitted to EPA upon receipt.
Please contact me, 651-733-5181, for further information.
Regards,
Larry R. Zobel, MD MPH Staff Vice President & Medical Director