Viewpoint: IARC has labeled cell phones, night shifts and coffee as likely carcinogens — but we’re not doomed. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

Viewpoint: IARC has labeled cell phones, night shifts and coffee as likely carcinogens — but we’re not doomed. Here’s why we don’t need to panic

European Scientist | 
Over the years IARC has labeled red meat, pickled foods and salted fish, carpentry, working at night, using cell phones, ...
Viewpoint: Our binary system of classifying what's ‘cancerous’ fails. Here’s what might replace it

Viewpoint: Our binary system of classifying what’s ‘cancerous’ fails. Here’s what might replace it

Springer | 
Concern over substances that may cause cancer has led to various classification schemes to recognize carcinogenic threats and provide a ...
Risk vs. hazard: Current regulatory structures rely on outdated and flawed Precautionary Principle to assess potential dangers of chemicals

Risk vs. hazard: Current regulatory structures rely on outdated and flawed Precautionary Principle to assess potential dangers of chemicals

Archives of Toxicology | 
There has been a long running controversy about the relative merits of hazard-based versus risk-based approaches in managing the potential ...
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WHO’s IARC under fire for ignoring exculpatory data on glyphosate: Should it be reformed or abolished?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Independent scientists challenge IARC's use of 'hazard' rather than 'risk' analysis--its operating premise that a substance should be ‘labeled’ carcinogenic ...

Endocrine disruption fears overheated, say top independent scientists

University of Konstanz | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A meeting was held ...
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