Opportunities in environmental health science research.

Welcome to the first issue of the new Environmental Health Perspectives: it looks a lot different from the original journal, but the tradition of dedication to good science remains unchanged. We have published 100 volumes of EHP and this, volume 101, is a new beginning. We have changed formats and provided new ones to accommodate the numerous varieties and forms that scientific information can take. We want to publish the very best environmental health research and at the same time provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of information about what is going on in the environment. We want our readers to contribute to this enterprise by submitting research manuscripts, writing letters, and sending us news. Your involvement is particularly important because we believ*e that many environmental problems have arisen today because of inadequate communications in the past. Traditionally, laboratory researchers have tended to communicate primarily with each other, and the dissemination of information to the public has been slow and haphazard. It is clear that enhanced communications could contribute to the avoidance of environmental crises through both increased understanding of the underlying science and the identification of potential problems before they become overwhelming, expensive, and perhaps irreversible. This is the age of information, and we want EHP to be a focal point, a forum, and a node through which environmental health issues are identified, examined, and resolved. In view of these ambitions it is appropriate that the date on the cover of our first issue be April 22, 1993, the 23rd Anniversary of Earth Day. We are pleased to contribute to the celebration of Earth Day 1993 by the inauguration of our revised journal dedicated to the health of the environment. Our cover is a symbol of our focus, the planet earth. Our cover provides a perspective of our planet reminding us that the earth is finite in its scope, finite in its resources, and finite in its ability to sustain life. Let us work together to make our planet a good place to live; after all, it is the only home we have. National Toxicology Program have important roles in preventing human disease and containing the spiraling health and regulatory costs of the nation. The coalescence of toxicological testing with basic and mechanistic research brings the full range of scientific inquiry to bear on studies of the environment and human disease. The explosion of new knowledge and technology …