• Article I : Name & Offices
• Article II: Objective
• Article III: Membership
• Article IV: Meetings of members
• Article V: Executive Officers
• Article VI: Administration of the society
• Article VII: Territorial Chapters & Institutional Memberships
• Article VIII: Committees
• Article IX: Adoption & Amendment of Bylaws
• Article X: Annual & Financial Reports
• Article XI: Fiscal Year
• Article XII: Resolutions
• Article XIII: Prizes
• Article XIV: Journal
• Article XV: IRS Addendum to ISEA Bylaws
• Appendix I: Resolution on the Purpose of the International Society of Exposure Analysis

ARTICLE I
NAME AND OFFICES

Section 1. Name - The name of this society shall be:

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF EXPOSURE ANALYSIS (ISEA)

Section 2. Offices - The principal office of this Society and the mailing address shall be located in the city of the support contractor's business office, or, in the absence of a support contractor, in the city of residence of the Treasurer. The Society may also have offices at other places such as established by the Executive Officers. The Society is incorporated in the state of New Jersey by Charter approved the 22nd of August, 1989.

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ARTICLE II
OBJECTIVE

The objective of the Society shall be to foster and advance the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contamination in human populations and ecosystems; promote communication among exposure analysts, epidemiologists, toxicologists, and other scientists; recommend approaches to substantive or methodological concerns; and strengthen the impact of exposure assessment and analysis on environmental policy. (See Appendix 1, Resolution on the Purpose of the ISEA.)

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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Membership - Any person with a professional interest in exposure analysis and environmental research shall be eligible for membership. Any person may apply by submitting an application and the annual membership fee to the support contractor, or in the absence of a support contractor, to the Treasurer of the Society. Membership shall become active the first day of the month following receipt of the first year's dues. Membership is for the calendar year. Any member may request, from the Executive Officers, the policies and procedures governing membership status. The Society encourages and seeks broad participation from such disciplines as exposure assessment and analysis, toxicology, biochemistry, chemistry, biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, wildlife management, ecology, and risk assessment, among others.

Section 2. Dues - Each member shall pay to the Society annual dues of such amount as may from time to time be prescribed by the Executive Officers. The Executive Officers shall set differ-ent dues depending on the status of membership- regular, student, retired (emeritus) members, territorial, institutional, and special.

Section 3. Rights of members - The rights of a member to vote and all right, title, and interest, both legal and equitable, of a member in and to the property of the Society shall cease on termination of membership. All members are also eligible to join a territorial chapter (see Article VII). The rights and privileges of emeritus and territorial members shall be those of members, except as specified in the Bylaws. Student and institutional members will not have voting privileges.

Section 4. Termination of membership - Membership shall cease:

(a) By resignation;
(b) By default in the payment of annual dues unless the Executive Committee votes otherwise;
(c) Upon written proposal for termination of membership by a majority vote of the Executive Committee. The Executive Officers will specify general guidelines defining conduct detrimental to the Society.

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ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

Section 1. General Scientific Meetings - General Scientific Meetings shall normally be held not less frequently than every two years. An announcement of a General Scientific Meeting shall be made to the Membership at least 180 days before the scheduled date. Other Scientific Meetings may be held at the discretion of the Executive Officers.

Section 2. General Business Meetings - There shall be a General Business Meeting of the Society to include both a meeting of the Executive Officers (see Article V for definitions) and a meeting of the members. This will be held on the occasion of each General Scientific Meeting. The General Business Meeting shall be held at the time and place approved by the Executive Officers.

Section 3. Special Meetings - Special meetings of the Society may be called

(a) at any time by the President;
(b) by the Secretary at the request of a majority of the Executive Committee; or
(c) on receipt of the written request of not less than one fourth of the members.

Section 4. Notice of Meetings - Notice of the time, place, and purpose or purposes of meetings of the Society shall be given to the members by mail at least ninety (90) days before the meeting.

Section 4.1 Quorum - At any General Business Meeting of the Society 25% of the membership shall, either by presence, by mail, or by proxy, be a quorum for voting purposes except as otherwise provided by law. Whether or not a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time by vote of a majority of the members present, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting and without further notice to any absent member.

Section 5. Territorial Meetings - Due to the international scope of the membership, Territorial Chapters can be established by a subgroup of the membership. These have the power to conduct Territorial meetings of the Society (see Article VII).

Section 5.1 - Similar such rules regarding Notice of Meetings and quorum requirements (Sections 4 and 4.1 above) govern the Territorial chapters of the Society.

Section 6. Voting - For every election or other proposition to be voted upon by the Society, each voting member (regular, emeritus, and territorial) shall be entitled to one vote. Mail ballots will be used for the election of officers and for other matters as deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee. Elections may be conducted by means other than paper ballot (e.g., electronic mail or facsimile) if: 1) such means are approved in advance of the election by the Executive Committee, and 2) all methods of and options for voting are communicated to all members of the Society at the time candidates or propositions are announced.

Section 7. Business of the General Meeting - The Executive Officers shall inform the general membership about the following topics at the General Business Meeting or through mail ballot:

(a) The results of the election of officers and members of select committees;
(b) The place and time of the General Scientific Meeting at least two years hence; which will be based upon detailed written proposals from individuals or organizations seeking to host the meeting,
(c) Change of the annual dues (if so proposed by the Executive Officers);
(d) The annual financial statement and the balance sheet presented by the Executive Officers and actions to be taken thereon as may seem appropriate;
(e) Reports of the Executive Officers and other committees and motions relating to the adoption of such reports in whole or in part and actions to be taken thereon as may seem appropriate;
(f) Investigations to be taken in the pursuit of the objective of the Society;
(g) Resolutions as can be properly considered by the Society which relate to the objectives of the Society.

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ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Section 1. Number - The officers of the Society shall be a President, President-Elect (when filled), Past-President (when filled), Secretary, Treasurer, eleven councilors, one councilor-at-large for every 150 members, and one student councilor.

Section 2. Election and Qualification - The officers of the Society shall be members of the Society (regular, emeritus or territorial), elected individually by majority vote of the members voting by mail ballot or by a secure electronic ballot process approved by the Executive Committee.

(a) The President shall serve for two years. At the end of this term, the President shall automatically assume the office of Past-President and serve in that capacity for one year.
(b) The President-Elect shall serve on the Executive Committee for one year prior to becoming President. The President-Elect shall automatically assume the office of the President at the end of a regular term of office of the President or at any time the office of the President becomes vacant. In the latter instance s/he may succeed herself/himself as President the following term.
(c) The Secretary shall be elected in even-numbered years and shall serve for a period of two years, and is eligible to succeed herself/himself.
(d) The Treasurer shall be elected in odd-numbered years and shall serve for a period of two years, and is eligible to succeed herself/himself.
(e) Councilors shall serve for staggered terms of three years and shall not be eligible for re-election for one year after retiring from that office. Councilors-at-large are elected from the membership on a representative basis of one councilor-at-large for every 150 members or fraction thereof. The student councilor shall be an enrolled student in a graduate program at an accredited university or college and shall serve for one year. The student councilor also shall serve as a member of the Student Affairs Committee.

Section 3. Duties - The Officers of the Society shall perform the duties usually performed by such officers, together with such duties as shall be prescribed by the Bylaws or by the Society.

(a) The President shall be Chair of the Executive Committee and an ex-officio member of all other committees except the Conference Committee in his/her first year of presidency and the Finance Committee in his/her second year of presidency.  At the start of the second year of presidency the President shall commence a two-year term as Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee.
(b) The President-Elect shall be Chair of the Conference Committee for a period of two years (as President-Elect and in the first year of presidency).
(c) The Secretary shall make arrangements for Executive Committee Meetings (as provided in Article VI, Section 4) and General Business Meetings (as provided in Article IV, Section 2).  At meetings of the Executive Committee the Secretary, or the Support Contractor, shall maintain and take the roll of voting members and assess a quorum; take and provide minutes; report on action items; and receive and forward reports to and from committees including status reports from the Membership Committee.  The Secretary shall oversee the activities of the Support Contractor and report to the Executive Committee.  The Secretary, or immediate vacating Secretary, shall provide a copy of the ISEA Bylaws to newly elected officers and councilors at the commencement of their term of office.
(d) The Treasurer shall report on the current financial status of the Society at each Executive Committee Meeting.  The Treasurer shall serve as chair of the Finance committee, and pursuant to the obligations of the Executive Committee to report to the general membership stipulated in Article X, shall, with the assistance and approval of the Finance Committee, prepare and submit to the Executive Committee annually a balance sheet and financial statement for the past year and an estimate of the probable income and expenditures of the Society for the ensuing year.  In years in which a General Business Meeting is held, these documents shall be submitted sufficiently in advance to allow prior consideration and approval by the Executive Committee.  Following his/her term(s) as Treasurer, the immediate past Treasurer will serve one additional year as a member of the Finance Committee.
(e) Officers and councilors vacating their positions on the Executive Committee shall provide to the Support Contractor or Secretary, by January 15 following cessation of their term, a listing of all duties and responsibilities of their position, plus all Society materials and records which they produced or collected during their term.

Section 4. Vacancies - If the position of President, Secretary or Treasurer becomes vacant it shall be filled by election of the members of the Society by mail ballot. During the interval between a mail ballot, the Executive Officers shall elect a member to fill such a vacancy. They may fill the vacant position with one of their own members.

Section 5. Support Contractor - The Support Contractor is a paid position(s) with contract terms established by the elected Executive Officers. The Support Contractor is hired by and reports to the Executive Officers. The Support Contractor manages the affairs of the Society which includes the staff and operating budget established by the Executive Officers. The Support Contractor does not have a vote in Society elections nor on the Executive Committee.

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ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOCIETY

Section 1. Control and Administration of the Society - The control and administration of the Society affairs shall be vested in the Executive Officers and councilors elected from the membership, and appointed International Councilors; these constitute the Executive Committee. The International Councilors are non-voting members of the Executive Committee (see Article VII). The President of the Society shall be the Chair of the Executive Committee. The Executive Officers may establish an ad hoc Policy Committee. The Policy Committee will be charged with advising the Executive Officers on matters such as nominations, recruitment, ethics, publications, qualifications for certifications, etc. The Executive Committee will have the authority to establish other committees as deemed necessary.

Section 2. Election - The terms of office of the officers and the councilors shall commence on the First of January following their election or appointment, or 14 days after the close of balloting if balloting is not completed by December 16.

Section 3. Powers - The Executive Committee shall determine the nature and conduct of the meetings, establish policies of the Society, be custodian of the funds of the Society, and shall conduct other business of the Society.

Section 4. Meetings - The Executive Committee may meet in person or via conference call at other times, at times and places set by the President. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall also be called by the Secretary upon the written request of four members of the Executive Committee. Notice of such meetings must be made to all members of the Executive Committee thirty (30) days prior to the date of the meeting. The Executive Committee may request other individuals to participate in its meetings for information and consultation.

Section 5. Quorum - At all meetings of the Executive Committee a majority of the voting members thereof shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the voting members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Executive Committee except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law.

Section 6. Contracts and Services - The Executive Committee of the Society may be interested directly or indirectly in any contract relating to the operations conducted by the Society or in any contract for furnishing supplies thereto, and no transaction entered into by the Society shall be affected by the fact that the Executive Committee members were personally interested in it. Every Executive Committee member is hereby relieved from any disability resulting from holding such office that might otherwise prevent her/his contracting with the Society for the benefit of herself/himself or of any firm, association, or corporation in which s/he has any interest, provided that such information is revealed to the Executive Committee.

Section 7. Compensation - Executive Committee and ad hoc or standing committee members, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Executive Committee, expenses, if any, may be allowed for participation at each regular or special meeting of the Executive Committee, ad hoc, or standing committee; provided that the Executive Committee shall have power at its discretion to contract for and to pay to Executive Committee members rendering unusual or exceptional services to the Society special compensation appropriate to the value of such services.

Section 8. Contracts - The Executive Committee, except as in these Bylaws otherwise provided, may authorize any officers, agent, or agents, to enter into any contract to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Society, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Executive Committee, no officer, agent, or employee shall have power or authority to bind the Society by a contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount.

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ARTICLE VII
TERRITORIAL CHAPTERS AND INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Section 1. Territorial Chapters - A Territorial Chapter shall be considered for chapter status by the Society at the request of at least 15 professionals who qualify for membership in the Society, or are regular or emeritus members of the Society, and reside within a specified geographical location outside the United States. The Chapter shall have representation, for all ISEA business, within the ISEA Executive Committee through an International Councilor. The Chapter's purpose is to promote the goals and purposes of the Society with specific attention focused on local issues. A chapter shall be chartered after the submission for approval of a set of bylaws by the officers of the proposed chapter to the Executive Committee. Initial approval shall be granted for a period of three years, and final approval granted after a review and acceptance of a progress report by the Executive Committee. If a chapter ceases to function, it can be terminated or placed in an inactive category by the Executive Committee.
Although some individuals in these territories may be fully paid regular or emeritus ISEA members, the Territorial Chapter may also have individual Chapter members who are not fully paid regular or emeritus members in the Society. Such members may participate fully in the Territorial Chapter, and participate in voting for officers and councilors of ISEA but they will not have subscriptions to the ISEA journal or newsletter. The Chapter shall contribute (in U.S. currency) dues for one regular membership and the cost of any additional subscriptions to the Journal. The Chapter shall also contribute (in U.S. currency) a minimum amount, determined by the Executive Committee of ISEA, per capita based on its membership, to cover the costs of correspondence of the ISEA with the Chapter's members. [This minimum per capita amount can also be contributed directly to ISEA by the members of the Chapter, if so agreed in advance with the Executive Committee.] The Chapter shall determine appropriate Chapter dues for its members (in national or regional currency) and the Chapter shall obtain its funds from national or regional agencies, foundations, or private corporations as it deems appropriate.

Section 1.1 Appointment and Qualifications of International Councilors - International Councilors shall be appointed by the Executive Officers for a period of three years and shall not be eligible for re-appointment for one year after retiring from that position. International Councilors are members of the Society appointed to represent a specific chartered Territorial Chapter or as an International Councilor-at-large. International Councilors are required to be knowledgeable of government, academic, and private sector exposure assessment activities in their country.

Section 1.2 Duties of International Councilors - International Councilors shall communicate ISEA activities throughout their country to academic institutions, government, and the private sector; shall work towards establishing or maintaining territorial chapters; shall communicate exposure assessment activities in their country to the ISEA Executive Committee, where appropriate; and shall submit a brief annual summary to the ISEA newsletter. International Councilors shall participate on the Executive Committee as non-voting Councilors.

Section 2. Institutional Memberships - An institution (school, government agency, international agency, private foundation / institution, private corporation, or other organization) may be eligible for an institutional membership in ISEA. Such institutional membership shall be constituted after submission for recognition, indication of the number of interested individuals, and when the Executive Committee recognizes and approves such membership. It may be periodically reviewed.
Although some individuals may be regular ISEA members, the Institutional Member may also have individual members that do not have membership in the Society. Such members may participate fully in the institutional ISEA activities, but not in voting for officers and councilors of ISEA; they will not have subscriptions to the ISEA journal. The Institution shall contribute (in U.S. currency) dues for one regular membership and the cost of any additional subscriptions to the Journal. The Institution shall also contribute (in U.S. currency) a minimum amount, determined by the Officers and Councilors of ISEA, per capita based on its membership, to cover the costs of correspondence of the ISEA with the Institution's members.
Such membership would not have the full privileges of representation as constituted for Chapters. Institutions that wish to contribute more as cosponsors of activities of ISEA may propose to do so in writing to the President of ISEA

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ARTICLE VIII
COMMITTEES

Section 1. Committee Structure. The ISEA is governed and administered by the Executive Committee. The work of the ISEA is also carried out through committees. There are two types of ISEA committees: Standing committees (e.g., Membership) and ad hoc or Temporary committees (e.g., Policy, Nominations, Awards).

Section 1.1 Nominations Committee - The Executive Committee shall appoint a committee of at least three (3) members of the Society. Should the appointees not be able to serve, they may be replaced. The Nominations Committee shall make nominations for officers and councilors to the Executive Committee, giving strong consideration to a geographical, professional discipline, and constituency (academic, government, industry/commercial) balance. The Nominations Committee shall complete a slate of nominees not later than 100 days prior to an election date determined by the Executive Committee. The list of nominations shall be mailed to the Society membership no later than ninety (90) days prior to January 1.  Additional nomination(s) may be made by a Society member by submitting the name(s) of the nominee(s) in writing, together with the signatures of a nominator and twenty-five seconders, who must also be members, to the Secretary no later than sixty (60) days prior to the election date. Nominees by petition will be so noted on the ballot.

Section 1.2 Finance Committee – A standing Finance Committee shall include the Treasurer (as Chair) and the President in the second year of his/her term or Past President (as Vice Chair) in accordance with Article V, Section 3, and three current members of the Executive Committee as selected by that Committee.  The terms of those members shall be two years and shall be staggered so that only one of the three is replaced each year.  The immediate past Treasurer (if not the current Treasurer) shall serve one year beyond his/her term(s) as Treasurer as a member of the Finance Committee.  The Finance Committee will oversee the capital and general expenditures of the Society and approve the annual financial reports to the Executive Committee prepared by the Treasurer as stipulated in Article V, Section 3. 

Section 2. Other Committees – Other committees, including a Membership committee, of the Society may be constituted for the promotion of the objectives of the Society. Their membership, jurisdiction, and tenure shall be determined by the President and the Executive Committee.  The Standing committees shall consist of some or all of the following: Awards, Bylaws, Conference, Distinguished Lecturer, Internet Site, International, Membership, Nomenclature, Nominations, Publications, Student Affairs. The ad hoc or Temporary committees shall be formed, as necessary, to address issues which exist for a specified period of time (e.g., Policy Committee, Technical Program Committee).

Section 3. Creating and Abolishing Committees - Committees, either standing or temporary, may be created and abolished by the Executive Committee (except for the Nominations Committee which is established above, Article VIII, Section 1.1; and the Awards Committee which is established in Article XIII). The Executive Committee shall approve the charge for all committees, and in the case of temporary committees, shall specify the period of time.

Section 3.1 Appointing and Removing Members and Chairs - Unless stipulated otherwise in these Bylaws, the President, with advice from the Executive Committee, shall appoint the chair for each committee. Chairs shall be removed or replaced by the President with advice from the Executive Committee. The President and/or the Executive Committee with advice from the committee chair shall appoint, remove, or replace committee members.

Section 3.2 Tenure - The Committee Chair and all members of Standing Committees shall be appointed for a period of three (3) years, after which they may be reappointed by the President with the advice of the Executive Committee for an additional three (3) year period. Temporary committee chairs and members shall be appointed for a specified period of time.

Section 3.3 Size - The membership of any committee shall not exceed fifteen (15) individuals, unless otherwise determined by the Executive Committee. There is no minimum size; however, committees generally should strive for three members at a minimum.

Section 3.4. Ex-Officio Members - The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees in which membership is not otherwise stipulated by these Bylaws. Additional ex-officio members may be designated at the President's discretion. Ex-officio members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of regular committee members but shall not vote or be counted in determining the existence of a quorum.

Section 4. Quorum - A majority of the committee membership, excluding ex-officio members, shall constitute a quorum.

Section 5. Manner of Acting - A committee meeting may occur by participation of a quorum of the membership in person, by telephone conference call, or other means of communication that allows all persons in the meeting to communicate with each other. The act of a majority of committee members participating at a meeting in which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. No action of a committee taken at a meeting shall be valid unless a quorum is present.

Section 6. Committee Reports - The chair of each committee shall submit a report to the Executive Committee in a manner specified by the Executive Committee.

Section 7. Expenditures - Prior approval of the Executive Committee shall be required for any expenditure of ISEA funds by a committee.

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ARTICLE IX
ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or rescinded by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members voting by mail ballot or by secure electronic ballot as approved by the Executive Committee. An amendment may be proposed by any member and seconded by at least five members of the Society. It must be submitted to the Secretary no less than sixty (60) days prior to the General Business Meeting for consideration by the Executive Committee to be included in the next scheduled mail (or electronic mail) ballot. An amendment petitioned by not less than one-third of the membership can be placed directly on the ballot.

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ARTICLE X
ANNUAL AND FINANCIAL REPORTS

The Executive Committee shall annually submit the following to the Society for adoption and approval: a report on the general state and proceedings of the Society for the past year, a balance sheet and financial statement for the past year properly reviewed, and an estimate of the probable income and expenditures of the Society for the ensuing year.

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ARTICLE XI
FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Society shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.

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ARTICLE XII
RESOLUTIONS

Resolutions may be presented to the membership at the General Business Meeting by the Executive Committee or by petition of any member of the Society according to the following procedures:

(1) By submitting a written draft of the resolution, with the signatures of five other members, to the Secretary at least forty-five (45) days before a General Business Meeting or other defined date by the Executive Committee. Such a resolution must be approved by the Executive Committee and then by a simple majority of voting members. or
(2) By submitting a written draft of the resolution to the Secretary at or before the General Business Meeting. This draft shall include the sponsors of the resolution and specify its mode of implementation. Such a resolution must be approved by a majority of voting members.

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ARTICLE XIII
PRIZES

The Executive Committee shall appoint an ad hoc Awards Committee every two years. This committee will serve for two years and:

(1) recommend to the Executive Committee awards to be established by the Society;
(2) establish criteria and procedures for recognition by society awards; and
(3) shall review nominees for each award, select winners, and obtain plaques and certificates as needed.

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ARTICLE XIV
JOURNAL

The official journal of the Society shall be the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. The Executive Committee shall report to the members, from time to time, on relationships with the Journal. The Executive Committee shall appoint, remove, and replace members to the Editorial Review Board, in cooperation with the Editor-in-Chief.

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ARTICLE XV
IRS ADDENDUM TO ISEA BYLAWS

1. The ISEA is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).

2. No part of the net earnings of the ISEA shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, directors, officers or other private persons, except that the ISEA shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purpose set forth in Article XV above.

3. No substantial part of the activities of the ISEA shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the ISEA shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf or any candidate for public office.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the ISEA shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation/organization exempt to Federal income tax under Section 501(C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).

5. Upon dissolution of the ISEA, the Board of Directors/Trustees (Executive Committee) shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the ISEA, dispose of all of the assets of the ISEA exclusively for the purposes of the ISEA in such manner, or to such organization(s) organized operated exclusively for educational, religious, or scientific purposes as at the time shall qualify as an exempt organization(s) under Section 501(C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provisions of any United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Board of Directors/Trustees (Executive Committee) shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Please of the County in which the principal office of the corporation/organization is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization(s), as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.

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APPENDIX I
RESOLUTION ON THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF EXPOSURE ANALYSIS

Whereas environmental policy-making has been hampered by the scarcity or poor comprehension of good exposure studies of effects of environmental exposures on human populations, and ecological systems, and
Whereas environmental exposure analysis requires the cooperation of epidemiologists, statisticians, toxicologists, environmental health scientists, and those in closely related disciplines, and
Whereas no existing scientific professional organization is dedicated to stimulating the international communication among these groups and thereby to promote the effectiveness of environmental exposure analysis, and
Whereas no existing organization provides a forum to which governmental agencies, indus-trial associations, or public interest organizations can turn for the organization of multidisciplinary groups to make recommendations on substantive or methodological problem areas in environmental exposure analysis, and
Whereas no existing organization is available to take the initiative in identifying areas or topics in which environmental exposure analysis can make an impact on environmental policy,
Therefore we join in the establishment of the International Society of Exposure Analysis in order to meet these needs and to strengthen the scientific input to environmental protection.

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