IARC revised its carcinogenicity evaluations website (Volumes 1-122)

 

31 July, 2018.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, revised its carcinogenicity evaluations website on July 30. URL：http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php

This revision is to notify the publication of online version of "IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 118: Welding, Molybdenum Trioxide, and Indium Tin Oxide". Welding fumes and UV radiation from welding were classified as "carcinogenic to humans" (Group 1), and molybdenum trioxide and indium tin oxide were classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2B).

There is no change in the carcinogenicity categories for EMFs.