IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN CARCINOGENIC RISK IN IARC MONOGRAPHS

Identification of human carcinogenic risk in IARC Monographs, For more than twenty years, the IARC has peen evaluating the carcinogenic risk to humans of chemicals, groups of chemicals, complex mixtures, occupa tional exposures, behavioral and life-style exposures, biological agen ts, such as bacteria and viruses, and physical agents, such as radiati on on the basis of published studies of carcinogenicity in humans and laboratory animals. This paper includes the list established by IARC o f substances carcinogenic to humans.