This publication represents the views and expertopinions of an IARC Working Group on the

Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans,which met remotely, 11–20 September 2020

LYON, FRANCE - 2021

OPIUM

CONSUMPTION VOLUME 126

IARC MONOGRAPHS ON THE IDENTIFICATION

OF CARCINOGENIC HAZARDS TO HUMANS

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Members 1

Deirdre Cronin-Fenton (Subgroup Co-Chair, Exposure Characterization)

Aarhus UniversityAarhusDenmark

Nazir Ahmad Dar

University of KashmirHazratbalSrinagarIndia

Arash Etemadi

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsNational Cancer InstituteRockville, MDUSA

Paola Fortini

Istituto Supariore di SantaRomeItaly

Deborah Glass

Monash UniversityClaytonAustralia

Jennifer Jinot [retired] (Subgroup Chair, Cancer in Experimental Animals and Mechanistic Evidence)

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Arlington, VAUSA

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

1 Working Group Members and Invited Specialists serve in their individual capacities as scientists and not as represen-tatives of their government or any organization with which they are affiliated. Affiliations are provided for identifica-tion purposes only. Invited Specialists do not serve as Meeting Chair or Subgroup Chair, draft text that pertains to the description or interpretation of cancer data, or participate in the evaluations. Each participant was asked to disclose pertinent research, employment, and financial interests. Current financial interests and research and employment inter-ests during the past 4 years or anticipated in the future are identified here. Minor pertinent interests are not listed and include stock valued at no more than US$ 1000 overall, grants that provide no more than 5% of the research budget of the expert’s organization and that do not support the expert’s research or position, and consulting or speaking on mat-ters not before a court or government agency that does not exceed 2% of total professional time or compensation. All grants that support the expert’s research or position and all consulting or speaking on behalf of an interested party on matters before a court or government agency are listed as significant pertinent interests.

IARC MONOGRAPHS – 126

Farin Kamangar (Subgroup Chair, Cancer in Humans)

Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, MDUSA

Narges Khanjani

Kerman University of Medical SciencesMedical University CampusKermanIslamic Republic of Iran

Ruri Kikura-Hanajiri

National Institute of Health SciencesKawasaki City, KanagawaJapan

Nuria Malats

Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)

MadridSpain

Reza Malekzadeh (Subgroup Co-Chair, Exposure Characterization)

Digestive Diseases Research InstituteTehran University of Medical SciencesShariati HospitalTehranIslamic Republic of Iran

Akram Pourshams

Digestive Diseases Research InstituteTehran University of Medical SciencesShariati HospitalTehranIslamic Republic of Iran

Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar

Iranian National Center for Addiction StudiesTehran University of Medical SciencesTehranIslamic Republic of Iran

David Richardson

University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NCUSA

Vikash Sewram

African Cancer InstituteFaculty of Medicine and Health SciencesParow, Cape TownSouth Africa

Saman Warnakulasuriya (Meeting Chair)

King’s College LondonLondonEngland

Invited Specialists

None

Representatives

None

Observers

None

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List of participants

IARC Secretariat

Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa (Rapporteur, Mechanistic Evidence)

Ian CreeJennifer Girschik (Responsible Officer until

31 March 2020)Yann Grosse (Rapporteur, Cancer in

Experimental Animals)Kathryn Guyton (Rapporteur, Mechanistic

Evidence)Bayan HosseiniTamás LandeszAdalberto Miranda-FilhoMengmeng LiHeidi Mattock (Editor)Mary Schubauer-Berigan (Acting Head of

Programme; Responsible Officer from 1 April 2020)

Mahdi SheikhEero Suonio (Rapporteur, Exposure

Characterization)Michelle Turner (Rapporteur, Cancer in

Humans)

Administrative Assistance

Séverine Coutelier-SarboniMarieke Dusenberg Sandrine EgrazMichel Javin Jennifer Nicholson

Production Team

Fiona GouldNiree KraushaarSolène Quennehen

Pre-Meeting Scientific Assistance

Fatiha El-GhissassiLin FritschiMisty HeinNatalie Olson

Post-Meeting Assistance

Claire Beveridge (Technical Editor)

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