ABSTRACT
NCI CARC TRS 13 DHEW PUB NO NIH 77-813 THE RESULTS OF THE BIOASSAY OF TETRACHLOROETHYLENE IN OSBORNE-MENDEL RATS DO NOT ALLOW AN EVALUATION OF THE CARCINOGENICITY OF THIS COMPOUND DUE TO THE HIGH RATE OF EARLY DEATH AMONG THE TREATED ANIMALS. HOWEVER, UNDER THE CONDITION OF THIS STUDY, TETRACHLOROETHYLENE IS A LIVER CARCINOGEN IN B6C3Fl MICE OF BOTH SEXES. PCE WAS ADMINISTERED BY GAVAGE.
