Abstract
A total of 18 second-generation rats of each sex were selected from each of the seven groups used in the previous study and maintained to 25 wk of age on the same diets as their parents (i.e. onion-free, non-irradiated and γ-irradiated onion diets). Third-generation rats were similarly maintained to 6 wk of age. Although certain isolated changes in haematology were found during the experiment, extensive analysis of the haematological and pathological data obtained terminally indicated no significant difference between the groups in either generation. It was concluded, therefore, that the feeding of irradiated onion, in amounts considerably in excess of predicted human consumption, to two successive generations of rats produces no toxic effect.
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