The Section for Environmental Mutagens of the Hungarian Society for Human Genetics as a national Section of the E.E.M.S., with 26 members was formed in Budapest on October 9, 1975. The Section will organize workshops to evaluate the potential genetic risks of environmental mutagens in Hungary and will advice the Health Authorities in devising a scheme to execute the compulsory mutagenicity tests of new drugs. S~ndor Igali, President of the Section