PFAS/2023/06 - Annex A

Table 16

PFAS/2023/06 Annex A

Last updated: 30 September 2025

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Table 16. Repeated dose toxicity studies for PFCAs - PFODA

*Derived by contractor; ** calculated according to EFSA. (2012); NR – not reported; NA – not applicable.

Substance / CAS no. / purity / reference

Strain & species / sex / no. of animals

Dose (mg/kg bw/day) / vehicle / route of admin / duration / Guideline (GL) study / Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) status

PFAS concentration (µg/mL / µg/g)

Observed effects at LOAEL (controls vs treated groups).

Recovery (controls vs treated groups).

PFODA

CAS No. 16517-11-6

98.9%.

Hirata-Koizumi et al. (2012)

Crl:CD (SD) rats.

Male

12/dose.

 

Recovery

Male and female

5/dose.

0, 40, 200 or 1000.

Carboxymethylcellulose sodium.

Gavage,

42 days (males),

42-56 days (females),

OECD 422,

GLP study.

Recovery group:

0 or 1000.

Males: 14 days,

Females: 14 days, (recovery group females were not mated).

NR

Males (mean ± SD):

↑ absolute liver weight (g): 10.9 ± 1.8 vs 15.8 ± 1.8.

↑ relative liver weight (%): 2.36 ± 0.28 vs 3.35 ± 0.14.

↑ centrilobular hypertrophy: 0 vs 12 (grade 2).

Females (mean ± SD):

↑ relative liver weight (%): 3.32 ± 0.16 vs 3.8 ± 0.10.

Recovery:

Males:

↑ absolute liver weight (g): 11.9 ± 0.3 vs 18.3 ± 2.1.

↑ relative liver weight (%): 2.40 ± 0.06 vs 4.46 ± 0.42.

↑ cenrilobular hypertrophy: 0 vs 4 (grade 2); 0 vs 1 (grade 2).

Females:

 ↑ absolute liver weight (g): 7.8 ± 0.2 vs 10.3 ± 1.2.

↑ relative liver weight (%): 2.4 ± 0.1 vs 3.96 ± 0.53.