Carcinogenic agents table

Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1—122

CAS No.

Agent

Group

Volume

Year

Additional information

Betel quid without tobacco

1

Sup 7, 85, 100E

2012

Biomass fuel (primarily wood), indoor emissions from household combustion of

2A

95

2010

Bisulfites

3

54

1992

Bitumens, occupational exposure to hard bitumens and their emissions during mastic asphalt work

2B

103

2013

BK polyomavirus (BKV)

2B

104

2014

Boot and shoe manufacture and repair (see Leather dust, Benzene)

25, Sup 7

1987

Bracken fern

2B

40, Sup 7

1987

Calcium carbide production

3

92

2010

Carbon electrode manufacture

2A

92

2010

Carpentry and joinery

2B

25, Sup 7

1987

Ceramic implants

3

74

1999

Chimney sweeping (see Soot)

92

2010

Chlorinated drinking-water

3

52

1991

Chlorinated paraffins of average carbon chain length C12 and average degree of chlorination approximately 60%

2B

48

1990

Chlorophenols (see Polychlorophenols)

Chlorophenoxy herbicides

2B

41, Sup 7

1987

Clonorchis sinensis (infection with)

1

61, 100B

2012

Coal dust

3

68

1997

Coal gasification

1

Sup 7, 92, 100F

2012

Coal, indoor emissions from household combustion of

1

95, 100E

2012

Coffee, drinking

3

51, 116

2018 online

NB: There is "evidence suggesting lack of carcinogenicity" in humans of coffee drinking for cancers of the pancreas, liver, female breast, uterine endometrium, and prostate. Inverse associations with coffee drinking have been observed with cancers of the liver and uterine endometrium.

Coke production

1

Sup 7, 92, 100F

2012

Continuous glass filament (see Glass filament)

Dental materials

3

74

1999

Diesel engine exhaust (see Engine exhaust, diesel)

Diesel fuel, marine

2B

45

1989

NB: Overall evaluation upgraded to Group 2B with supporting evidence from other relevant data

Diesel fuels, distillate (light)

3

45

1989

Dry cleaning (occupational exposures in)

2B

63

1995

Dyes metabolized to benzidine (see Benzidine, dyes metabolized to)

Electric fields, extremely low-frequency

3

80

2002

Electric fields, static

3

80

2002

Engine exhaust, diesel

1

46, 105

2014

Engine exhaust, gasoline

2B

46, 105

2014

Epstein-Barr virus

1

70, 100B

2012

Estrogen therapy, postmenopausal

1

72, 100A

2012

Estrogen-progestogen menopausal therapy (combined)

1

72, 91, 100A

2012

Estrogen-progestogen oral contraceptives (combined)

1

72, 91, 100A

2012

NB: There is also convincing evidence in humans that these agents confer a protective effect against cancer in the endometrium and ovary

Firefighter (occupational exposure as a)

2B

98

2010

Fission products, including strontium-90

1

100D

2012

Flat-glass and specialty glass (manufacture of)

3

58

1993

Fluorescent lighting

3

55

1992

Fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole

1

111

2017

Foreign bodies (see Ceramic implants, Dental materials, Implanted foreign bodies, Metallic implants, Organic polymeric materials, Orthopaedic implants, Polymeric implants, Silicone breast implants)

Frying, emissions from high-temperature

2A

95

2010

Fuel oils, distillate (light)

3

45

1989

Fuel oils, residual (heavy)

2B

45

1989

Furniture and cabinet making (see Wood dust)

25, Sup 7

1987

Fusarium graminearum , F. culmorum , and F. crookwellense , toxins derived from (zearalenone, deoxynivalenol, nivalenol, and fusarenone X)

3

Sup 7, 56

1993

Fusarium sporotrichioides, toxins derived from (T-2 toxin)

3

56

1993

Gamma-Radiation (see X- and Gamma-Radiation)

Gasoline

2B

45

1989

NB: Overall evaluation upgraded to Group 2B with supporting evidence from other relevant data

Gasoline engine exhaust (see Engine exhaust, gasoline)

Glass filament, continuous

3

43, 81

2002

Goldenseal root powder

2B

108

2016

Haematite mining (underground)

1

1, Sup 7, 100D

2012

Hair colouring products (personal use of)

3

57, 99

2010

Hairdresser or barber (occupational exposure as a)

2A

57, 99

2010

Helicobacter pylori (infection with)

1

61, 100B

2012

Hepatitis B virus (chronic infection with)

1

59, 100B

2012

Hepatitis C virus (chronic infection with)

1

59, 100B

2012

Hepatitis D virus

3

59

1994

Hexachlorocvclohexanes

2B

20, Sup 7

1987