IARC Monographs: 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans

Neil Pearce, Aaron Blair, Paolo Vineis, Wolfgang Ahrens, Aage Andersen, Josep M. Anto, Bruce K. Armstrong, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Frederick A. Beland, Amy Berrington, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Linda S. Birnbaum, Ross C. Brownson, John R. Bucher, Kenneth P. Cantor, Elisabeth Cardis, John W. Cherrie, David C. Christiani, Pierluigi Cocco, David Coggon, Pietro Comba, Paul A. Demers, John M. Dement, Jeroen Douwes, Ellen A. Eisen, Lawrence S. Engel, Richard A. Fenske, Lora E. Fleming, Tony Fletcher, Elizabeth Fontham, Francesco Forastiere, Rainer Frentzel-Beyme, Lin Fritschi, Michel Gerin, Marcel Goldberg, Philippe Grandjean, Tom K. Grimsrud, Per Gustavsson, Andy Haines, Patricia Hartge, Johnni Hansen, Michael Hauptmann, Dick Heederik, Kari Hemminki, Denis Hemon, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Jane A. Hoppin, James Huff, Bengt Jarvholm, Daehee Kang, Margaret R. Karagas, Kristina Kjaerheim, Helge Kjuus, Manolis Kogevinas, David Kriebel, Petter Kristensen, Hans Kromhout, Francine Laden, Pierre Lebailly, Grace LeMasters, Jay H. Lubin, Charles F. Lynch, Elsebeth Lynge, Andrea ‘t Mannetje, Anthony J. McMichael, John R. McLaughlin, Loraine Marrett, Marco Martuzzi, James A. Merchant, Enzo Merler, Franco Merletti, Anthony Miller, Franklin E. Mirer, Richard Monson, Karl-Cristian Nordby, Andrew F. Olshan, Marie-Elise Parent, Frederica P. Perera, Melissa J. Perry, Angela Cecilia Pesatori, Roberta Pirastu, Miquel Porta, Eero Pukkala, Carol Rice, David B. Richardson, Leonard Ritter, Beate Ritz, Cecile M. Ronckers, Lesley Rushton, Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Ivan Rusyn, Jonathan M. Samet, Dale P. Sandler, Silvia de Sanjose, Eva Schernhammer, Adele Seniori Costantini, Noah Seixas, Carl Shy, Jack Siemiatycki, Debra T. Silverman, Lorenzo Simonato, Allan H. Smith, Martyn T. Smith, John J. Spinelli, Margaret R. Spitz, Lorann Stallones, Leslie T. Stayner, Kyle Steenland, Mark Stenzel, Bernard W. Stewart, Patricia A. Stewart, Elaine Symanski, Benedetto Terracini, Paige E. Tolbert, Harri Vainio, John Vena, Roel Vermeulen, Cesar G. Victora, Elizabeth M. Ward, Clarice R. Weinberg, Dennis Weisenburger, Catharina Wesseling, Elisabete Weiderpass, Shelia Hoar Zahm

Recently the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that IARC Working Groups' failures to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans.