ABSTRACT

PETROLEUM PITCH, WHICH SHOW mE MIXTURE TO BE COMPARABLE IN TUMORIGENIC POTENTIAL TO mAT OF mE POSITIVE CONTROL - BENZO(A)PYRENE.

REPORT 01 IARC MONOGRAPH 23 1980 mERE IS INADEQUATE EVIDENCE FOR mE CARCINOGENICITY OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS IN ANIMALS. mERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE mAT INORGANIC ARSENIC COMPOUNDS ARE SKIN AND LUNG CARCINOGENS IN HUMANS. mE EVIDENCE mAT ARSENIC COMPOUNDS CAUSE MUTATIONS AND ALLIED EFFECTS IN BACTERIA IS INCONCLUSIVE. HOWEVER, ARSENIC COMPOUNDS INDUCE CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS AND MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS.