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Sodium fluoride. National Toxicology Report Number 393. September 19, 2001.


From:  http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/levels/tr393levels.html

Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 393

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
SODIUM FLUORIDE
7681-49-4
04/26/90 INSECTICIDE, ENAMELS, GLASS MIXES, STEEL DE-GASSING AGENT, ELECTROPLATING FLUXES, FLUORIDATION OF DRINKING WATER, DISINFECTING FERMENTATION APPARATUS, PRESERVING WOOD, PASTES, MANUF. COATED PAPER, DENTAL CARIES PROPHYLACTIC (MERCK 1989) Dosed-Water R&M: 0,25,100,175 PPM Battelle Columbus Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: EQUIVOCAL EVIDENCE BONE: OSTEOSARCOMA 0/80 0/50 1/50 3/80
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: TEETH: DENTINE, INCISOR, DYSPLASIA; INCISOR, AMELOBLAST, DEGENERATION; ATTRITION; DEFORMITY; DISCOLORATION
FR: NO EVIDENCE
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: TEETH: DENTINE, INCISOR, DYSPLASIA; INCISOR, AMELOBLAST, DEGENERATION;ATTRITION; DEFORMITY; DISCOLORATION
BONE: OSTEOSCLEROSIS
MM: NO EVIDENCE
FM: NO EVIDENCE