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the Saccharin Case Bladder Cancer in Rats Fed Sodium Saccharin - Mechanistic Data and Their Application in Risk Analysis
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Table 1. Bladder Tumour Incidence in F,-Generation Male Rats in
Two-Generation Bioassays of NaS
FDA Study' WARF Study' CHPB Study' IRDC Study'
Dietary
Level # per %
Group Incidence # per %
Group Incidence # per %
Group Incidence # per %
Group Incidence
0 29 3.0 20 0 42 0 324 Ob
0.01 16 0
0.05 - - 20 0
0.1 27 0
0.5 - - 20 5.0
1.0 22 0 - - - - 658 0.8
3.0 - - - - - 472 1.7*
4.0 - - - - - - 189 6.3*
5.0 21 5.0 20 35* 45 26.9* 120 12.5*
6.25 - - - - - - 120 16.7*
7.5 23 30.0* - - - - 118 31.4*
' Food and Drug Administration, reported by Taylor et al. (1980); Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation, reported by Tisdel g_al.. (1974); Canadian Health
Protection Branch, reported by Arnold gt al. (1980a); International Research and
Development Corp., reported by Schoenig gt al. (1985).
° The background incidence for total bladder neoplasia at IRDC is 0. 8%
* Statistically significant
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Bladder Hyperplasia
(%) 30
20 -'
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Dietary NaS (%)
Labelling Index
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Bladder Tumors
(%) 40,
30-{
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Dietary NaS (~'o)
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8
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Dietary NaS
Prevented by Increased urine pH and sodium concentration
NH4CI in the diet , -' - I,-
or AIN, 76A diet Increased urine volume and decreased osmolality
.4 High urinary protein levels
in male vs female
(au-globulin)
Absent or less --~- Urinary amorphous precipitate and crystals
in female rats
.
Urothelial cytotoxicity
V
Absent or less --f-- Urothelial hyperplasia and proliferation
in female rats
Bladder tumors Bladder tumor promotion~
in long-term bioassays in initiated rats

Legend for Figures
Figure 1. Incidence of Urothelial Hyperplasia (A) and Bladder Tumors (B)
in the IRDC Study of NaS in the Rat (Squire, 1985). Labelling
Index Data (C) Taken from Cohen (1990), and Light Transmittance
Findings (D) from a Recent Study (Cohen, Unpublished).
Figure 2. Sequence of Urinary and Bladder Changes Observed in Male Rats
Fed High Dietary Levels of NaS
