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IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Some Nanomaterials and Some Fibres. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 2017. (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, No. 111.)
6.1. Cancer in humans
There is sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole. Fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole causes mesothelioma.
6.2. Cancer in experimental animals
There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole.
6.3. Overall evaluation
Fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole is carcinogenic to humans (Group 1).
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