Viewpoint: IARC has labeled cell phones, night shifts and coffee as likely carcinogens — but we’re not doomed. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

Viewpoint: IARC has labeled cell phones, night shifts and coffee as likely carcinogens — but we’re not doomed. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

European Scientist | 
Over the years IARC has labeled red meat, pickled foods and salted fish, carpentry, working at night, using cell phones, ...
University scientist challenges UN's IARC to embrace current science by evaluating chemicals using 'risk' not just 'hazard' standards

University scientist challenges UN’s IARC to embrace current science by evaluating chemicals using ‘risk’ not just ‘hazard’ standards

EIN Presswire | 
The latest International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph Program report on cancer hazards associated with firefighting work, which ...
Viewpoint: Our binary system of classifying what's ‘cancerous’ fails. Here’s what might replace it

Viewpoint: Our binary system of classifying what’s ‘cancerous’ fails. Here’s what might replace it

Springer | 
Concern over substances that may cause cancer has led to various classification schemes to recognize carcinogenic threats and provide a ...
Risk vs. hazard: Current regulatory structures rely on outdated and flawed Precautionary Principle to assess potential dangers of chemicals

Risk vs. hazard: Current regulatory structures rely on outdated and flawed Precautionary Principle to assess potential dangers of chemicals

Archives of Toxicology | 
There has been a long running controversy about the relative merits of hazard-based versus risk-based approaches in managing the potential ...
IARC ques

WHO’s IARC under fire for ignoring exculpatory data on glyphosate: Should it be reformed or abolished?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Independent scientists challenge IARC's use of 'hazard' rather than 'risk' analysis--its operating premise that a substance should be ‘labeled’ carcinogenic ...
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