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Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine
HASKELL LABORATORY REPORT NO. 128-68
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Material Tested: Ammonium Perfluorooctanoate
Material Submitted by;
Plastics Department Fluorocarbons Division
Haskell No.: O^ier Code:
5489
ACUTE ORAL TEST
Procedure: The test material, as an aqueous solution (pH ~6), was administered by intragastric intu ChR-CD male rats in single doses. Survivor were sacrificed 14 days later.
Results;
Solution
7.
15 15 10
3 3 2 1 2
1.5
1 1 1
0.5 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.01
Dose mg/kg
2250 670 450 300 200 170 130 120 90 77 60 40 26
5.1 3.4 2.3 1.5 1.0
Mortality*
D
1 d.
D 2 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d. S 14 d.
Toxic Signs Lethal Doses; uncomfortable, chewing motions, polyuria, increased respiration rate and face-pawing on day of dosing; ac 2250 mg/kg shovel-
nosing, and at 670 mg/kg slight salivation after dosing Nonlethal Doses: at 90 mg/kg and above, feces small and irregularlyshaped for 1-6 days after dosing; at 90 mg/kg and above, uncomfortable after dosing for 1-5 days; slight
initial weight losses at 26 mg/kg
and above for 1-2 days
Controls
Weight When Killed (g)
Body
Liver
275 310 313 362 349 347 319 352 317 403 380 346 374 350 329 354
352-377
17.85 16.30 17.50 25.10 19.25 24.62 16.00 24.78 16.15 21.70 19.00 17.40 18.54 15.60 15.89 17.48
15.09-18.89
* D ( ) d. = Found dead ( ) days after dosing; S - ( ) d. = Sacrificed ( ) days after dosing.
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Summary: Ammonium perfluorooctanoate is slightly toxic for the male rat when administered orally, it Dose (ALD) being 670 nig/kg of body weignt. This compound appears to cause liver enlargement in rats
as low as 60-90 nig/kg. Based on clinical signs, it also acts as a gastrointestinal irritant.
SBF/jch Date; June 13. 1963
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