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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 F1-Genaation 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 0"
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 ". (1980); Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation, reported by Tisdel gl,g(. (1974); Canadian Health
Protection Branch, reported by Arnold jh(. (1980a); International Research and
Development Corp., reported by Schoenig ". (1985).
` The background incidence for total bladder neoplasia at IRDC is 0.8 %
* Statistically significant
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NH.CI in the diet -~-4 -
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a High urinary protein levels
in male vs female
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Absent or less -~~- Urinary amorphous precipitate and crystals
in female rats
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in female rats
Bladder tumors Bladder tumor promotion
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Legend for Figures
Figu~ re 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Findings (D) from a Recent Study (Cohen, Unpublished).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
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