IARC – Science Media Centre- Staging

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 October 201811 February 2019

The Australian Cancer Council is reported to be calling for an independent review into the weedkiller, glyphosate — the active ingredient in […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 28 November 201713 August 2018

After 18 months of stalled votes, the EU has voted to renew the license for weedkiller glyphosate for another five […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 March 201715 August 2018

The European Chemicals Agency Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has concluded that the available scientific evidence did not meet the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 201615 August 2018

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has found no conclusive evidence that coffee causes cancer but that drinking very hot […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 February 201628 March 2016

Increasing economic development is linked with growing rates of bowel cancer, but some high-income countries – including New Zealand – […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 January 201613 August 2018

The use of glyphosate weedkiller on Auckland parks and footpaths is in the spotlight amidst claims local councils’ spraying programmes are […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 October 201528 March 2016

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the links […]

In the News | Published: 14 June 201214 June 2012

A World Health Organisation agency has unanimously decided, based on the available evidence, that diesel fumes are linked to cancer. […]

In the News | Published: 02 June 201102 June 2011

The suggestion from a WHO task-force that cellphone exposure is “possibly carcinogenic” has generated wide spread media buzz over the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 June 201101 June 2011

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a subsidiary of the World Health Organization, has released a monograph classifying […]