An upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) meeting will assess the risk of cancer from consuming hot beverages: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Volume 116: Coffee, mate and very hot beverages Lyon, France, 24–31 May 2016 PRELIMINARY LIST OF AGENTS TO BE REVIEWED: Coffee Mate Consumption of very hot beverages (Thanks to Ed […]
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WHO says: No who, no where
Innocuity is now a recommended goal in naming a disease. “Discovered a disease? WHO has new rules for avoiding offensive names” is the headline on a report by Kai Kupferschmidt, in ScienceInsider. It says, in part: The World Health Organization (WHO) mostly works to reduce the physical toll of disease. But last week it turned to another […]