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IARC group 1 Carcinogens are substances, chemical mixtures, and exposure circumstances which have been classified as carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). [ 1] This category is used when there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans. Exceptionally, an agent ( chemical mixture) may be ...
IARC Group 1 carcinogens. Wikimedia Commons has media related to IARC Group 1 carcinogens. Articles in this category are about agents that are listed in the International Agency for Research on Cancer 's corresponding group ( List of IARC Group 1 Agents - Carcinogenic to humans ), and should contain agents according to the IARC's current ...
Some of the items that the IARC classifies, such as mobile phones (Group 2B) and processed meat (Group 1) have caused controversy. [18] The agency has also classified drinking very hot beverages – around 70 °C (158 °F) – as a probable carcinogen (Group 2A).
Group 1: carcinogenic. Group 2A: probably carcinogenic. Group 2B: possibly carcinogenic. Group 3: not classifiable. Group 4: probably not carcinogenic. IARC group 3 substances, chemical mixtures and exposure circumstances are those that can not be classified in regard to their carcinogenicity to humans by the International Agency for Research ...
IARC group 2B substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances are those that have been classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as [1] This category is used when there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and less than sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals.
In 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified all ultraviolet wavelengths—from the sun and artificially produced in tanning beds—as group 1 carcinogens, putting them on a ...
IARC group 2A agents are substances and exposure circumstances that have been classified as probable carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). [1] This designation is applied when there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, as well as sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals .
Alcoholic beverages were classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 1988. [3] An estimated 3.6% of all cancer cases and 3.5% of cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to consumption of alcohol (more specifically, acetaldehyde, a metabolic derivative of ethanol).