IARC celebrates 50 years of the IARC Monographs

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the IARC Monographs on the Identification of Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans programme between December 2021 and December 2022. The first IARC Monographs meeting took place on 13–17 December 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland, and the results were published with the distinctive orange cover as Volume 1 of the IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man in 1972.

To mark this anniversary, IARC personnel have created a special 50th anniversary logo through an in-house competition. This new logo will appear on the covers of IARC Monographs volumes resulting from meetings held, as well as volumes published, during the anniversary year. The logo will also be used on special-edition anniversary merchandise, which will be available for a limited period in 2022.

Be sure to check the IARC website regularly for more information about events celebrating the first 50 years of the IARC Monographs. You can also visit the IARC Monographs website, where the first issue of the IARC Monographs newsletter has recently been published.

View the 50th anniversary webpage

View the 50th anniversary logo

Visit the IARC Monographs website

Read the first issue of the IARC Monographs newsletter