ABSTRACT

IARC MONOGRAPH 13 1977 NIRIDAZOLE IS CARCINOGENIC IN MICE AND HAMSTERS AFTER ITS ORAL ADMINISTRATION: IN MICE IT INDUCED LYMPHOMAS AND TUMORS OF THE LUNG, STOMACH, MAMMARY GLAND, OVARY AND BLADDER; IN HAMSTERS IT PRODUCED TUMORS OF THE FORESTOMACH AND PAPILLOMAS OF THE URINARY BLADDER. IN A 1979 SUPPLEMENT, IARC DETERMINED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE THE CARCINOGENICITY OF NIRIDAZOLE IN ANIMALS.