Comment: Carcinogenicity of diesel-engine exhaust (DE).

摘要

In June 2012, a working group of 24 experts convened by the section of monographs (IMO) of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded "that there was 'sufficient evidence' in humans for the carcino-genicity of diesel-engine exhaust (DE)" (Benbrahim-Tallaa et al. 2012). It must be noted that this evaluation statement applies generally to all kinds of DE as there are no exceptions defined. Two of us, DP and PM, were present as IMO meeting observers. We believe that relevant issues for a thorough evaluation of DE remained unaddressed in the preliminary publication that is available in Lancet Oncology (Benbrahim-Tallaa et al. 2012), and therefore, we intend to stimulate further discussions on this important public health issue. As Lancet Oncology does not publish letters or comments on news articles, we thank the Editor of Archives of Toxicology to provide the opportunity to publish this Comment.