60 Days to go until the #IARC60 Conference!
I’ll be moderating “Progress in identifying the preventable causes of human cancer” — highlighting breakthroughs in pinpointing avoidable causes of human cancer risk factors. #IARCMonographs
Register to attend 👉 iarc2026conf.iarc.who.int/en/registrat...

Volume 135: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)

Congratulations to Working Group 135 of the #IARCMonographs on the publication of its authoritative evaluation of the #carcinogenicity of #PFOA (Group 1) and #PFOS (Group 2B). The volume is available for free download here: monographs.iarc.who.int/news-events/...

It’s a banner day in the #IARCMonographs programme when the latest volumes arrive from the printer.

Palisades Fire firefighters taking part in first-of-its-kind cancer study The study comes after the International Agency for Research on Cancer officially classified firefighting as a carcinogenic profession.

In 2022, a Working Group convened by the #IARCMonographs programme reclassified occupational exposure as a #firefighter as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Initiatives to reduce harmful exposures are underway worldwide ⬇️ thehill.com/policy/healt...