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| | Phthalic anhydride (CASRN 85-44-9 ) | IRIS | US EPA |
 | | B6C3F1 mice, 50/sex/group, were fed diets containing phthalic anhydride for 104 weeks; initial concentrations were 25,000 and 50,000 ppm, but the levels were lowered to 12,500 and 25,000 for males and 6250 and 12,500 ppm for females after 32 weeks because of severe weight loss. |
 | | In the same NCI (1979) study F344 rats (50/sex/group) were fed diets containting 7500 or 15,000 ppm phthalic anhydride for 105 weeks. |
 | | Phthalic anhydride was reported to be teratogenic in mice following intraperitoneal injection, but teratogenicity or reproductive toxicity has not been studied using the oral route of exposure (Fabro et al., 1982). |
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