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News and Updates
6 August 2024
IARC’s New Classification of Talc and Its Implications for the Chemical Industry
In a significant update, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organization (WHO), has re-evaluated the carcinogenicity of talc and acrylonitrile. The findings, published in The Lancet Oncology, indicate a shift in the classification of talc to “probably carcinogenic to humans” (Group 2A) for all forms not containing asbestos […]