IARC revised its carcinogenicity evaluations website (Volumes 1-124)

9 July, 2019.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, revised its carcinogenicity evaluations website on July 5, 2019.

This revision is to notify the publication of summary of the evaluations on "IARC Monographs Vol.124: Night shift work".
https://monographs.iarc.fr/agents-classified-by-the-iarc/

In 2007, shift work involving circadian disruption was classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2A), on the basis of sufficient evidence in experimental animals and limited evidence of breast cancer in humans.

In June, 2019, a Working Group of 27 scientists from 16 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, to finalise their evaluation of the carcinogenicity of night shift work. This assessment will be published in volume 124 of the IARC Monographs. The Working Group classified night shift work in Group 2A, "probably carcinogenic to humans", based on limited evidence of cancer in humans, sufficient evidence of cancer in experimental animals, and strong mechanistic evidence in experimental animals.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(19)30455-3/fulltext

•    * There is no change in the carcinogenicity categories for EMFs.