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WHO issues assessment on carcinogenicity of five leading insecticides and herbicides

20 March 2015 – IARC Monographs Volume 112: evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides: “A Working Group of 17 experts from 11 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on 3–10 March 2015 to review the available published scientific evidence and evaluate the carcinogenicity of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicides: diazinon, glyphosate, malathion, parathion, and tetrachlorvinphos. A summary of the evaluations has now been published in The Lancet Oncology. The detailed assessments will be published as Volume 112 of the IARC Monographs.” The Lancet Oncology summary is available via subscription only.

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