Subchronic oral toxicity testing in rats with a liquid hand-dishwashing detergent containing anionic surfactants.

A subchronic oral toxicity study on a model liquid dishwashing detergent containing anionic surfactants was performed to verify that the formulation, made up of a mixture of various ingredients, did not possess any toxicological properties that would not have been expected from available data for each separate ingredient. The product was administered to rats for 13 wk at dietary levels of 0, 0.025, 0.25 or 2.5% (w/w) in the diet. No adverse effects on gross or microscopic histopathology were apparent at any dose level, although increased relative liver weights at the 2.5% level suggested that this dose caused some adaptive changes.