Evaluation of Fibers as to their Carcinogenicity
| AGENT |
Evidence for carcinogenicity |
Overall evaluation of carcinogenicity to humans | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Animal | ||
| Glasswool | I | L | 3 |
| Glass filaments | I | I | 3 |
| Rockwool | I | L | 3 |
| Slagwool | I (no info given) | L | 3 |
| Refractory ceramic fibers | I | S | 2B |
| Special-purpose glass fibers | I (no info given) | S | 2B |
- S = Sufficient Evidence
- L = Limited Evidence
- I = Inadequate Evidence
- Group 2B = Possible Carcinogenic to Humans
- Group 3 = Cannot be evaluated as to its Carcinogenicity to Humans
*This table is extracted from Section 5.5 of "Man-made Vitreous Fibres." International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 81(2002).