Chemicals identified in feral and food animals: a data base. First annual report, October 1981. Volume I. Records 1-532

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We gratefully acknovledge the assistance of Janis Pruett and the staff of the Toxicology Information Response Center in the collection of source documents for the data base. Janet Scott, of the Computer Services Group, was responsible for the computer production of the document. Both of these groups are part of the Information Center Complex, Information Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For his support and valuable advice, the U.S. Environmental Pro tection Agency project officer expresses special thanks to Dr. Herman F. Kraybill, the National Cancer Institute coproject officer and the chair person of the Interagency Collaborative Group on Environmental Carcino genesis (ICGEC). In addition, thanks are due the members of the ICCEC Task ^roup on Chemicals in Human Tissues. This data file is a companion to Chemicals Identified in Hunan Bio logical Media, A Data Base, and follows basically the same format. The data base on human body burden is in its third year of publication. This is the first annual report for the feral and food animal file. Data were obtained primarily from the open literature through manual searches (retrospective to 1979) of the journals listed in Appendix A. The data base now contains information on 60 diffewut substances. Chemicals are listed by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers and preferred names in Appendix B. For the user's convenience, cross-referenced chemical lists of CAS preferred and common names are provided in Appendix C. The animals, tissues, and body fluids found to be contaminated by these chemicals are listed in Appendix D. The data base is published annually in tabular format with indices and chemical listings that allow specific searching. A limited number of custom computer searches of the data base are available In special cases when the published format does not allow for retrieval of needed information. It should be emphasized that the purpose of the data base Is to provide a centralized resource of animal residue data-and in no way is intended to obviate the need for the user to ultimately refer to the original literature or data source. It is not the Intent of this program to conduct any screening or evalratlon of the data. This data base was established under the aegis of the Interagency Collaborative Croup on Environmental Carcinogenesis (ICGEC), National Cancer Institute. Funding is through the National Cancer Institute-Environmental Protection Agency Collaborative Program. The work is 1 2 being done by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Effects Information Center, Information Center Complex, through interagency agreements involving the National Cancer Institute, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy. Members of the ICGEC Task Group on Chemicals in Human Tissues provide support to the program's activities. Agencies represented by members of the task group Include the