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CHEMICAL HYGIENE FELLOWSHIP KEY TO TOXICITY TESTS
Number
Name
1------------------- Peroral, single dose to standard rats
2 ------------------Peroral, single dose to other animals
3 ------------------Oral, subacute (usually 90 days or less)
4 ------------------ Oral, chronic (lifetime or 2 years)
5 ------------------Parenteral (subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intravenous, etc.)
6 ------------------Skin Penetration, rabbits (24-hour contact under impervious sheeting)
7 -------------------Skin Penetration, rats (4-hour contact under impervious sheeting)
8 --------------- --Skin Penetration, subacute (usually less than 90 days), 1 hour contact,
5 days per week
9 ------------------ Skin Absorption (quantitative using tagged compounds)
10 ---------------- Inhalation, single--saturated vapor at room temperature, 20 to 25C --
11 ---------------- Inhalation, single--mist (at 170C or selected temperature)
12 ---------------- Inhalation, single--fog (aerosol of 1 to 2 micron particle size)
13 -----------------Inhalation, single--measured concentration (ppm or mg/liter)
14 -----------------Inhalation, subacute (usually 90 days or less, 6 or 7 hours per day,
5 days per week
15 -----------------Metabolism, animal in vivo and in vitro on either biopsy or surgical
specimens
16 ---------------- DOT Corrosive, 4-hr
17 ----------------- Rabbit Belly, irritation (single application, uncovered)
18 ---------------- Rabbit Belly, irritation (4-hour, eight applications)
19 ---------------- Rabbit Belly,' irritation via repeated application (3x daily for up to
3 days)
20 ----------------- Rabbit Eyelid, irritation, to classify bland materials
21 ----------------- Rabbit Cornea, volume and concentration to produce injury
22 ---------------- Rabbit Cornea, injury from vapor
23 ---------------- Mouse Skin Painting, for carcinogenicity
24 ---------------- Rabbit Ear, chloracne formation
25 ----------------- Guinea Pig, Landsteiner (sensitization via intradermal or topical appli
cation)
26 ---------------- Human Patch Test (sensitization)
27 ---------------- Organoleptic Tests
28 ----------------- Wear Test (FDA) , miscellaneous irritation and wound healing
29 ---------------- Bacteriology, miscellaneous biochemical tests
30 ---------------- 3-Generation Reproduction and Lactation
31 ---------------- Teratology
32 ---------------- Mutagenicity
33 ---------------- Demyelination
34 ---------------- Cholinesterase and/or other Enzyme Studies
35 ----------------- Joint Action, to detect potentiation or antidotal response
36 ---------------- Literature Reviews
37 ---------------- Endotracheal Injection 38 ---------------- Pyrolysis (identification and toxicity studies)
RNW 0424
January, 1976
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Chemical Hygiene Fellowship Carnegie-Mellon Institute of Research Carnegie-Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213