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Toxicological Sciences 60, 3-5 (2001)
Copyright © 2001 by the Society of Toxicology

PROFILES IN TOXICOLOGY

Toxicologists and the Founding of the Society of Toxicology

Gabriel L. Plaa,1

Département de pharmacologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7

The membership directory of the Society of Toxicology for the year 2001 lists over 5000 individuals. We find listings for 18 different Specialty Sections and 18 Regional Chapters. As well, media resource specialists are identified for 18 issues of public concern, including such diverse topics as air pollution, chlorine-based compounds, endocrine disrupters, and validation of alternative methods for assessing toxicity. What a broad spectrum of toxicological knowledge! When SOT was founded in 1961, and the membership consisted of 180 Charter Members and 3 Honorary Members, what were the characteristics of those individuals who felt the compelling need to organize under a common banner?

During the 1950s, one could identify three general orientations in which toxicology was reasonably well developed in the United States. One was related to the safe use of new pharmaceutical agents and cosmetics. Another was concerned with the toxicological assessment of chemical products to establish their safety . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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