Endrin

CASRN 72-20-8 | DTXSID6020561

IRIS Summary (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K)
Status: EPA announced in a 2004 Federal Register Notice that chemicals used as pesticides would not be re-assessed by the IRIS Program. This entry in the IRIS database is preserved at the request of EPA program and regional offices. Additional toxicological information may be found under "Other EPA Information."

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System	RfD (mg/kg-day)	Basis	PoD	Composite UF	Confidence
Nervous, Hepatic	3 x 10 ^-4	Mild histological lesions in liver, occasional convulsions	NOEL : 2.5 x 10^-2 mg/kg-day	100	Medium

Not assessed under the IRIS Program.

Weight of Evidence for Cancer (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K) Last Updated: 10/01/1989

WOE Characterization	Framework for WOE Characterization
D (Not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity)	Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment (U.S. EPA, 1986)

Basis:

Oral administration of endrin did not produce carcinogenic effects in either sex of two strains of rats and three strains of mice. An NCI bioassay was suggestive of responses in male and female rats although NCI reported a no evidence conclusion. The inadequacies of several of the bioassays call into question the strength of the reported negative findings. These inadequacies and the suggestive responses in the NCI bioassay do not support a Group E classification; rather a Group D classification best reflects the equivocal data.
This may be a synopsis of the full weight-of-evidence narrative.

Not assessed under the IRIS Program.

Not assessed under the IRIS Program.

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