PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL-MUTAGEN-SOCIETY

The Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) was one of the first professio nal scientific societies organized to respond to an environmental conc ern. The threat of environmental pollution stimulated the formation of the organization in 1969. The Society's mission was to create a forum for discussion of methods and strategies to deal with mutagenic agent s formed and/or released into the environment. During the past 25 year s, EMS has provided a forum for innovation and scientific discussions. The Environmental Mutagen Society, and, in particular, its applied ro le in genetic toxicology, has had a profound positive impact on many d isciplines in toxicology and safety assessment (i.e., carcinogenesis a nd invitro alternatives). (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.