Table 3.

Metal Concentrations (μg/g wt) in the Testes of rats 35 days after Exposure to Welding Particulate (IT Exposure 1/week for 7 weeks)

Element	Saline	FCA-HS	MMA-HS	GMA-MS
Cr	7.653E-05 ± 1.204E-05	5.761E-05 ± 4.633E-06	2.749E-04 ± 2.425E-05*	4.700E-05 ± 7.537E-06
Cu	0.050 ± 0.001	0.052 ± 0.002	0.053 ± 0.001*	0.051 ± 0.001
Fe	0.703 ± 0.045	0.749 ± 0.031	0.754 ± 0.02	0.723 ± 0.22
Ni	9.759E-05 ± 1.897E-05	2.007E-04 6.754E-05	6.312E-04 ±3.79E-04	8.240E-05 ± 2.040E-06
Zn	0.603 ± 0.028	0.635 ± 0.033	0.642 ± 0.012	1.884E-04 ± 6.971E-06
Mn	0.105 ± 0.002	0.134 ± 0.004*	0.143 ± 0.006*	0.098 ± 0.001

^*Different than Saline Controls, p ≤ 0.05.