Percutaneous exposure of adult newts to the fungicide manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (maneb) at 3 concentration levels (0.5, 2.5 and 5.0 ppm) for a total of 19-23 weeks did not result in the induction of any neoplasms.
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