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THE PRODUCTION OF MESOTHELIOMA IN RATS BY INTRA-PLEURAL INJECTION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FIBERS - CORRELATION WITH IN-VITRO TESTS

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1. TO STUDY THE CARCINOGENIC POTENTIAL OF VARIOUS MINERAL FIBERS, BOTH NATURAL ACID-TREATED.

2. TO ESTABLISH CORRELATION BETWEEN THE EFFECT OF THE FIBERS ON CELLS IN-VITRO AND THEIR CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS.

THIS PROJECT IS A DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH CARRIED OUT UNDER THE PREVIOUS R&D PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT. THE RESEARCH IS CARRIED OUT USING 500 RATS.
THE ANIMALS ARE GIVEN A SINGLE DOSE OF 20 MG BY INTRA-PLEURAL INJECTION. ANIMALS ARE KEPT UNTILL DEATH AND ARE THEN GIVEN AUTOPSY; THE ORGANS ARE FIXED BY STANDARD METHODS.

AN ANATOMO-PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ORGANS IS UNDERTAKEN BY OPTICAL MICROSCOPY.

35 ANIMALS ARE USED FOR EACH OF FIBRE, WITH ONE GROUP FOR CONTROL.

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