Tag: Christopher Portier

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 21:50 UTC

  World Health Organization classifies diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans

  

  After a week-long meeting of international experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified on Tuesday diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.