IARC Does Not Assess Risk, Regulators Do:An immediate clarification that IARC does not look at risk is in the public interest

摘要

Few people in the crop protection industry had heard of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) before this year. Today, however, the work of the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) has fueled sensationalist headlines, calls to ban pesticides, and knee-jerk regulatory decisions around the world.