ABSTRACT

NTP BIOASSAY TRS 194 NIH PUB NO. 80-1750 UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF THIS BIOASSAY SELENIUM SULFIDE ADMINISTERED BY GAVAGE WAS CARCINOGENIC FOR F344 RATS AND FEMALE B6C3Fl MICE, INDUCING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAS IN MALE AND FEMALE RATS AND FEMALE MICE AND AL VEOLARJBRONCHIOLAR CARCINOMAS AND ADENOMAS IN FEMALE MICE. SELENIUM SULFIDE WAS NOT CARCINOGENIC FOR MALE MICE; BUT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOLERATE HIGHER DOSES.