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The American Chemistry Council commends the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) for soliciting widespread review by the scientific community as a whole on the draft language under consideration for revision of the IARC Preamble to the IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. The IARC Monograph process is widely recognized for its contribution over the last 35 years to advancing environmental public health. The scientific rigor and transparency of IARC processes are critical to assuring the most up to date scientific studies and understandings are fully considered and utilized in the Monograph discussions. Opening up the proposed revisions to the Preamble to wider review is appropriate and IARC should consider even more efforts in this regard with respect to the Monographs.