International commission for protection against environmental mutagens and carcinogens. Mutation Epidemiology: Review and Recommendations. Committee 5 Report. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, $25.00
✍ Scribed by Dr. William J. Schull
- Book ID
- 102223596
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 291 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0741-0395
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✦ Synopsis
The International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens (ICPEMC) was formed in 1977 through the initiative of the International Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies with which it continues to be affiliated. Its objectives are "to identify and promote scientific principles and to make recommendations that may serve as the basis for guidelines and regulations designed to minimize deleterious effects in man due to the interaction of chemicals with genetic material." It achieves these ends through the deliberations of the members of the commission and a much larger number of scientists who serve on its committees, and task and expert groups. On these individuals falls the preparation of authoritative critical reviews of current knowledge that can serve to establish priorities for further research or possible regulatory action and the identification of substances or situations that entail significant human genotoxic risk. The commission, which generally has 20 or so members, has or has had representatives from Canada,