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Corresponding Editors Dr. R. Abbou, International Association of Medicine and Biology of the Environment, 115 rue de la Pompe, F. 75116 Paris, France Dr. J. Albaiges, [Environmental Chemistry Unit, Spanish Research Council], Institute of Organic Chemistry, Jorge Girona, Barcelona 34, Spain Prof. L. Albert, Center of Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Apartado Postal 14-740, Mexico 14 D.F., Mexico Dr. R. Anliker, Ecological and Toxicological Association of the Dyestuffs Manufacturing Industry, CH-4005 Basel 5, Switzerland Dr. C. C. Cravatt, National Measurement Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234, U.S.A. Dr. L. Fishbein, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 720 79, U.S.A. Prof. Dr. R. W. Frei, International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Analytische Chemie, Free University, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dr. J. M. Gieskes, [International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO)], Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, U.S.A. Dr. J. W. Huismans, United Nations Environment Programme (IRPTC), A venue Appia, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Dr. S. R. Joshi, Environmental Contaminants Division, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario L 7R 4A6, Canada Dr. W. Klein, Ge'sellschaft fiir Strahlen und Umweltforschung, Ingoldstadter Landstr. 1, D-8042 Neuherberg, Germany Prof. Dr. F. Korte, Society of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (SECOTOX), lngoldstadter Landstr. 1, D-8042 Neuherberg, Germany Dr. H. F. Kraybill, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20014, U.S.A. Dr. J. D. McKinney, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27709, U.S.A. Dr. E. Merian, Swiss Society for Environmental Protection, CH-4106 Therwil Im Kirsgarten 22, Switzerland. Prof. Dr. F. Schmidt-Bleek, Umweltbundesamt, Bismarckplatz 1, 1 Berlin 33, Germany Dr. A. J. Senzl, Consultant, 7704 Audubon Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609, U.S.A. Dr. J. Smeets, Commission of the European Communities, Environment and Consumer Protection Service, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Dr. F. P. W. Winteringham, International A tomic Energy Agency, Kartner Ring 11, P.O. Box 590, A 1011 Vienna, Austria Dr. B. C. J. Zoeteman, W.H.O. International Reference Center for Community Water Supply, Voorburg, Nieuwe Havenstraat 6, The Netherlands Note: N o r e p r i n t s o f p a p e r s in this s e c t i o n are available.