Correlation of chemical structure with reproductive and developmental toxicity as it relates to the use of the threshold of toxicological concern.
In the absence of toxicological data on a chemical, the threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) approach provides a system to estimate a conservative exposure below which there is a low probability of risk for adverse health effects. The original toxicology dataset underlying the TTC was based on NOELs from repeat dose studies. Subsequently there have been several efforts to assess whether or not these limits are also protective for reproductive/developmental effects. This work expands the database of chemicals with reproductive and developmental data, presents these data in a comprehensive and transparent format and groups the chemicals according to the TTC "Cramer Class" rules. Distributions of NOAELs from each of these classes were used to assess whether the previously proposed TTC values based on repeat dose data are protective for reproductive/developmental toxicity endpoints as well. The present analysis indicates that, for each Cramer Class, the reproductive and developmental endpoints would be protected at the corresponding general TTC tiers derived by Munro et al. (1996).
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Michael C
MC
Laufersweiler
Bernard
B
Gadagbui
Irene M
IM
Baskerville-Abraham
Andrew
A
Maier
Alison
A
Willis
Anthony R
AR
Scialli
Gregory J
GJ
Carr
Susan P
SP
Felter
Karen
K
Blackburn
George
G
Daston
D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018675:Toxicity Tests
D015386:Hazardous Substances