Abstract
The 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM) was held at Hitotsubashi Hall, Chiyoda City, Tokyo on November 18–20, 2019, in conjunction with the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS). Ninety international delegates from Australia, China, Czechia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the UK, and the USA, along with 340 Japanese delegates and students, participated. During the conference, one keynote lecture, seven symposia, and one workshop were held under the theme of “Innovations towards Environmental Mutagen and Genome Research Originating from Asia.” In the general presentation, 34 oral presentations and 138 poster presentations were made, accompanied by lively discussions. The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude to those who attended the conference and made it a great success.
Highlights
The 6th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM) was held at Hitotsubashi Hall, Chiyoda City, Tokyo on November 18–20, 2019, in conjunction with the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society (JEMS)
Opening remarks were given by Dr Honma, Organizing Committee Chair of ACEM/JEMS 2019 (Fig. 1), in which he discussed health and environmental issues in Asian countries, the role and history of the Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS), and the theme of the conference
The following four symposia were held to better understand and share health and environmental problems caused by environmental mutagens in Asian countries, and to stimulate future research
Summary
Symposia A: environmental mutagen issues in Asian countries Asian countries, which have large populations, varying levels of development, and diverse cultures and lifestyles, have different environmental and health problems from those in Europe and the United States. In Japan, the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident brought global attention to the serious problems of radiation, while residents suffered from rumors connected to radiation. The following four symposia were held to better understand and share health and environmental problems caused by environmental mutagens in Asian countries, and to stimulate future research
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