International Agency for Research on Cancer
IARC Monographs on the identification of carcinogenic hazards
The internationally recognised hazard classification of chemical agents, including several found in drinking water such as arsenic, chromium(VI) and certain disinfection by-products.
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- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Commercial reuse
- No
- Redistribution
- Yes
- Derivative use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- YesData from International Agency for Research on Cancer, used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
- Restrictions
- Non-commercial use only, with share-alike on derivatives. Commercial reuse requires separate permission from the publisher.
- Terms last checked
- 23 August 2026
Access and coverage
- Publisher
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- Geographic coverage
- Not geographic
- Update frequency
- irregular
- Formats
- pdf, html
- Bulk download
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- Registration required
- No
- Cost to Hydrionis
- Free
- Domains
- contaminant, quality
Notes
IARC classifies hazard — whether an agent can cause cancer under some conditions — not risk at a given exposure. Conflating the two is one of the most common errors in water reporting, and Hydrionis states the distinction wherever an IARC class is cited.