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Effects on fertility

Description of key information

No effects on fertility were seen in the developmental toxicity study

Link to relevant study records
Reference
Endpoint:
screening for reproductive / developmental toxicity
Data waiving:
study scientifically not necessary / other information available
Justification for data waiving:
the study does not need to be conducted because a pre-natal developmental toxicity study is available
Reproductive effects observed:
not specified
Effect on fertility: via oral route
Endpoint conclusion:
no adverse effect observed
Effect on fertility: via inhalation route
Endpoint conclusion:
no study available
Effect on fertility: via dermal route
Endpoint conclusion:
no study available
Additional information

No assessment of reproductive hazard has been undertaken at this tonnage threshold. This is due to the following considerations:


1)    The substance was not found to be harmful to reproductive developmental processes in a developmental study. No abnormalities of offspring were noted in this study at the maximum dose tested (1000 mg/kg/day).


2)    The substance was negative in mutagenicity assays involving animal cells, and did not have any effects at the highest dose thresholds noted.


3)    Repeat-dose studies with oral treatment in rats did not reveal any effects which could be related to the administration of the test substance. Histopathological evaluation of reproductive organs from the 28-day study indicated no effects. Consequently, the substance is considered not to have the potential to cause reproductive effects.


4)    The substance has been in use for many years without effects associated with reproductive toxicity being noted.  


As such, on animal welfare grounds it is not considered appropriate to conduct a further developmental screening test or a multigeneration study at this level of registration, as the evidence indicates that there is no associated potential teratogenic or reproductive effect associated with the substance. 

Effects on developmental toxicity

Description of key information
No teratogenic effect was observed
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Reference
Endpoint:
developmental toxicity
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
14. Sep to 25 Nov 1993
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
guideline study
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)
GLP compliance:
yes
Limit test:
yes
Species:
rat
Strain:
Wistar
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Hoechst AG
- Age at study initiation: 65 to 75 days
- Weight at study initiation: 193.2 +/- 14 g
- Fasting period before study: NA
- Housing: single
- Diet: Altromin 1310 ad libitum
- Water: tap water ad libitum
- Acclimation period: at least 7 days


ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 20 to 22°C
- Humidity (%): 48 to 61%
- Air changes (per hr): 16 to 20
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12


IN-LIFE DATES: From: 14. Sep To: 25. Nov 1993
Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Details on exposure:
PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS:

- Frequency of preparation: daily
- Administration: within 3 hours after preparation


VEHICLE
- Concentration in vehicle: 200 mg/kg nominal
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 5 ml/kg
Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
yes
Details on analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
homogeneity and stability of test formulations were analytically verified
Details on mating procedure:
- Impregnation procedure: cohoused
- M/F ratio per cage: 1:1
- Length of cohabitation: over night (3:30 pm to 7:30 am next day)
- Verification of same strain and source of both sexes: yes - own breeding facility
- Proof of pregnancy: sperm in vaginal smear, referred to as day 1 of pregnancy
Duration of treatment / exposure:
7. - 16. day of pregnancy
Frequency of treatment:
daily
Duration of test:
cesarean section on Day 21 of pregnancy
Dose / conc.:
1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
No. of animals per sex per dose:
23 to 24 mated females
Control animals:
yes, concurrent vehicle
Details on study design:
- Dose selection rationale: test item was tolerated in the acute and subacute studies without adverse effects
The study compound was suspended fresh daily in a concentration of 200 g/L in distilled water and administered daily to all the animals within three hours of preparation.
All animals received the same volume of liquid, 5 ml/kg body weight. After each weighing of the animals, the compound doses were adjusted according to body weight. The stability and homogeneity of the soiutions were guaranteed over a period of 4 hours
Maternal examinations:
CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: daily

DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: daily

BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weekly

FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE : Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weekly
- Food consumption for each animal determined and mean daily diet consumption calculated as g food/100 g body weight/day: Yes


POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS: Yes
- Sacrifice on gestation day 21
- Organs examined: all organs examined macroscopically
uterus - live and dead fetuses, resorption sites, placentas
ovaries - corpora lutea


OTHER:
- diameter of conceptuses undergoing resorption
- placenta weights
- presence of iron in uterus walls with ammonium sulphide to detect invisible implantation sites
Ovaries and uterine content:
The ovaries and uterine content was examined after termination: Yes
Examinations included:
- Gravid uterus weight: No
- Placenta weight: Yes
- Number of corpora lutea: Yes
- Number of implantations: Yes
- Number of early resorptions: Yes
- Number of late resorptions: Yes
Fetal examinations:
- External examinations: Yes: all per litter
- Body weight: Yes: all per litter
- Crown-rump length: Yes: all per litter
- Soft tissue examinations: Yes: half per litter
- Skeletal examinations: Yes: half per litter
- Head examinations: No data
Statistics:
comparison to actual control group and historical controls
MANOVA: body weight development, fetal weight, placental weight
PURI&SEN rank order test: food intake
Mantel-Haenszel's chi-squared test: live fetuses, intrauterine fetal death, number of implants, number of corpora lutea
multivariate analysis of variance: litter means of fetal weights, crown-rump length, placental weights
Fisher test: autopsy findings, body cross-sections, skelettal examination

Dams which had no live fetuses were excluded from the calculation of mean values and statistical evaluation
Indices:
No data
Historical control data:
Yes
Clinical signs:
no effects observed
Mortality:
no mortality observed
Body weight and weight changes:
no effects observed
Food efficiency:
no effects observed
Gross pathological findings:
no effects observed
Number of abortions:
no effects observed
Description (incidence and severity):
20 dams in the compound group and 19 dams in the control group carried live conceptuses to term and were delivered by caesarean section
Pre- and post-implantation loss:
no effects observed
Total litter losses by resorption:
no effects observed
Early or late resorptions:
no effects observed
Dead fetuses:
no effects observed
Changes in number of pregnant:
no effects observed
Details on maternal toxic effects:
Maternal toxic effects:no effects

Details on maternal toxic effects:
black discoloration of faeces and red discoloration of urine due to excretion of dye
Key result
Dose descriptor:
NOEL
Effect level:
>= 1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
Based on:
test mat.
Remarks on result:
not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
Abnormalities:
no effects observed
Fetal body weight changes:
no effects observed
Reduction in number of live offspring:
no effects observed
Changes in sex ratio:
no effects observed
Changes in litter size and weights:
no effects observed
External malformations:
no effects observed
Skeletal malformations:
no effects observed
Visceral malformations:
no effects observed
Details on embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:
only minor anomalies or variation within the historical range of spontaneous findings were observed
Key result
Dose descriptor:
NOEL
Effect level:
>= 1 000 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
Based on:
test mat.
Sex:
male/female
Remarks on result:
not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
Abnormalities:
no effects observed
Developmental effects observed:
no
Conclusions:
No adverse effects were observed after daily administration of 1000 mg/kg bw/day Reactive Blue 19 in dams or their fetuses. Maternal and fetal NOEL is 1000 mg/kg bw/day or above
Executive summary:

In this limit test, C.I. Reactive Blue 19, dissolved in distilled water, was administered orally by stomach tube in a single daily dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight to a group of 20 pregnant female Wistar rats from the 7th - 16th day of pregnancy. A simultaneous control group of the same size received the vehicle without test compound. On the 21st day of pregnancy, the dams were killed and delivered by caesarean section. The foetuses were then examined morphologically for developmental disorders.

The studies showed that the repeated oral administration of C.I. Reactive Blue 19, at a dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight in the sensitive phase of organogenesis for the conceptuses, did not lead to any impairment of the general physical condition of the dams or impaired intrauterine development of conceptuses.

The morphological examination of the foetuses with regard to stage of development, outwardly detectable anomalies as well as anomalies of the internal (organs and the skeleton showed no Indication of an embryotoxic or teratogenic effect of the compound. The findings observed are to be regarded as spontaneous in origin.

On the basis of the results of this limit test, the "no observed adverse effect level" for C.I. Reactive Blue 19 in rats following oral administration lies at 1000 mg/kg body weight with regard to maternal and embryofoetal toxicity and teratogenicity.

No teratogenic effect was observed.

Effect on developmental toxicity: via oral route
Endpoint conclusion:
no adverse effect observed
Dose descriptor:
NOAEL
1 000 mg/kg bw/day
Study duration:
subacute
Species:
rat
Quality of whole database:
The above study has been ranked reliability 1 according to the Klimisch et al system. This ranking was deemed appropriate because the study was conducted to GLP and in compliance with agreed protocols. Sufficient dose ranges and numbers are detailed; hence it is appropriate for use based on reliability and animal welfare grounds.
Effect on developmental toxicity: via inhalation route
Endpoint conclusion:
no study available
Effect on developmental toxicity: via dermal route
Endpoint conclusion:
no study available
Additional information

In a limit test for developmental effects, Reactive Blue 19, dissolved in distilled water, was administered orally by stomach tube at a dose level of 1000 mg/kg body weight/day to a group of 20 pregnant female Wistar rats from the 7th - 16th day of pregnancy. A simultaneous control group of the same size received the vehicle without test compound. On the 21st day of pregnancy, the dams were killed and delivered by caesarean section. The foetuses were then examined morphologically for developmental disorders.


The studies showed that the repeated oral administration of Reactive Blue 19, at a dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight/day in the sensitive phase of organogenesis for the conceptuses, did not lead to any impairment of the general physical condition of the dams or impaired intrauterine development of conceptuses.


The morphological examination of the foetuses with regard to stage of development, outwardly detectable anomalies as well as anomalies of the internal (organs and the skeleton showed no Indication of an embryotoxic or teratogenic effect of the compound. The findings observed are to be regarded as spontaneous in origin.


On the basis of the results of this limit test, the "no observed adverse effect level" for Reactive Blue 19 in rats following oral administration lies at 1000 mg/kg body weight/day with regard to maternal and embryofoetal toxicity and teratogenicity.


No teratogenic effect was observed.

Justification for classification or non-classification

The above results triggered no classification under the Dangerous Substance Directive (67/548/EEC) and the CLP Regulation (EC No 1272/2008). No classification for reproductive effects is therefore required.

Additional information