ee ee at

N

a burden range of 0.5 uCi

to 50 uCi the observed tumor incidence

fluctuated between 0.04 and 0. 371,
All of these lung experiments involved intense exposures
and a Significant level of carcinogenesis.

Severe damage

and disruption of tissue were associated with the exposures.
The most relevant lung exveriment is Bair's Pu23905
se

.

.

537-

inhalation study with beagles??7°4.

Exposure was to

particulates of 0.25 u or 0.5 u median diameter; burdens were
in the uCi rancse.

Twenty of the 21 dogs thar survived more

than 1600 davs sost exsosure had lung cancer.
cancers

were multicentric in origin.

Many of these

The cancers again

acoeared in conjunction with severe lung intury.
natural incizenc2 of the disease is smell,

Since the

it appears that

at this level of exvosure the induction of ising cancer is a
cerztainty Gurinc the normal beagle life svoan

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