Report of the 4th Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata on December 10–12, 2014

The 4th Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens was held at CSIR Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, during December 10–12, 2014, in collaboration with All India Congress of Cytology and Genetics. Seventy international delegates from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea and USA along with 150 Indian delegates and students participated in the conference. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Takehiko Nohmi, President of the International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Societies and Dr. Ashok K. Giri, President of the Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies. The main objective of the conference was to discuss the present scenario of various hazardous chemicals and environmental pollutants in various areas, and their impacts on human health and scientific measure to combat such environmental threats. The organizer truly thanks those who took part in the conference and made the meet a grand success.