Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT 6/15/18


In May, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced its plan to solicit comments from interested parties prior to holding an Advisory Group meeting in November to propose revisions to its Preamble, which articulates the mission and methods of the IARC Monographs program. In recent years the Monographs program has been embroiled in controversy brought on by its assessments of a number of agents, including cell phones, formaldehyde, red and processed meat, coffee, and, particularly, the herbicide glyphosate.

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