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IARC MONOGRAPH 32 DEC 83 TESTED FOR CARCINOGENICITY IN MICE BY SKIN APPLICATION AND IN MOUSESKIN INITIATION-PROMOTION ASSAY. NEGATIVE RESULTS OBTAINED BOTH STUDIES. SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION TO MICE, NO INJECTION-SITE TUMOR WAS OBSERVED. COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCT

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IARC MONOGRAPH 32 DEC 83 DID NOT SHOW INITIATING ACTIVITY WHEN TESTED IN MOUSE-SKIN INITIATION-PROMOTION ASSAY. THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS REGARDING THE MUTAGENICITY OF BENZO(B)FLUORENE TO S. TYPHIMURIUM. COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCT

205-12-9 CHEM NAME : *** BENZO(C)FLUORENE REPORT 01

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IARC MONOGRAGH 32 DEC 83 NO INDICATION OF CARCINOGENIC OR INITIATING ACTIVITY WHEN TESTED IN MOUSE-SKIN INITIATION-PROMOTION ASSAY. THE SINGLE REPORT OF MUTAGENICITY OF BENZO(C)FLUORENE IN S. TYPHIMURIUM IS NOT CONCLUSIVE. COMBUSTION BY-PRODUCT

REPORT 01 NTP TR370 PUB. NIH 90-2825 OCT 89 UNDER 2-YEAR GAVAGE STUDIES NO EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY OF BENZOFURAN FOR MALE F344/N RATS RECEIVING DOSES OF 30 OR 60 MG/KG PER DAY. SOME EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY FOR FEMALE F344/N RATS BASED ON TUBULAR CELL ADENOCARCINOMAS OF KIDNEY. CLEAR EVIDENCE OF

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BASED ALTERATION LIVER AND BRONCHIOLARAND FORESTOMACH HYPERPLASIA. PRODUCTIONOFCOUMARONE(BENZOFURAN)-INDENEHYDROCARBON RESINS USED IN RUBBER COMPOUNDS, PLASTICIZERS, ALUMINUM PAINTS AND VARNISHES, CORROSION-RESISTANT COATINGS, WATER-RESISTANT COATINGS FORPAPERPRODUCTS AND FABRICS AND ADHESIVES.