While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.

To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.

The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should.

There is no doubt that environmentally related diseases will continue to pose problems in the future.

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.

One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.

As population susceptibilities are better understood, we will be in a better position than we are in today to make informed decisions about risk management.