The International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens (ICPEMC): the first seven years.

Careful, independent scientific reviews of issues of importance in mutagenesis and carcinogenesis evaluations have been made over the past seven years by a group of leading members of several environmental mutagen societies. The International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens (ICPEMC) supports five main committees concerned with general principles and has published working papers and reports on an unbiased scientific basis. The work and goals of the Commission are described and future plans outlined.