Occupational Carcinogens: ELF MFs

Siemiatycki et al. (2004) published a list of occupational carcinogens based largely on the evaluations published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), augmented with additional information on the extent of workplace exposure. They considered 28 agents as definite human occupational carcinogens (IARC group 1), 27 agents as probable occupational carcinogens (group 2A), and 113 agents as possible occupational carcinogens (group 2B). However, missing from their list of occupational carcinogens is magnetic fields (MFs) at extremely low frequencies (ELF; 3–3000-Hz), which were classified as group 2B by IARC (2002).