One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions.

The liquid state of modernity is corrosive to continuity.

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

Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future.

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.

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.