IARC

Penyelidik di IARC mendapati terdapat bukti terhad talkum menyebabkan kanser ovari dan menyebabkan kanser pada haiwan yang diuji di makmal.

The designation as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" will provide an incentive to fund more rigorous research into the safety question.

Aspartame grew in popularity as a more diet-conscious consumer emerged.

Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas, Mars' and Extra chewing gum, will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans".

So the IARC researchers calculated that out of the four million who died from cancer in 2020, one million children were left motherless.

The number of people who develop or die from liver cancer worldwide will increase by over 55 per cent by 2040.

Tea and mate may also be harmful if drunk hotter than 65 degrees Celsius, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

Here's what experts have to say about what this new warning means for your diet.

Specialists insist the IARC report is no reason to drop steak from the menu, though it is probably wise for big eaters of it to cut back.

Researchers say excess body weight causes around 481,000 new cancer cases a year in adults worldwide.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday classified outdoor air pollution as the leading cause of cancer in humans.