Media Release
IARC deliver confusing and unconstructive list of potential carcinogens
23 March 2015 (Canberra) – The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) decision to list five pesticides as “possible” or “probable” carcinogens contradicts the comprehensive scientific assessment of expert regulators around the world. The pesticides have been added to a list of substances and activities that includes aloe vera, coffee, pickled vegetables and being a hairdresser or carpenter. “IARC ratings are based on an incomplete, cherry-picked data review, that has omitted key evidence,” said…