The Ramazzini Institute
for Occupational and Environmental Health Research   

Who Are We?

     The internet is a global medium that speeds the task of blending new and old information connecting otherwise isolated ideas about public policy dealing with the triangle of genes, environment and ethics. This journal for decision makers, already nicknamed GEE!, will connect these ideas, which are at the heart of social and political decisions made each day by governments and industries about “the gene”, how to use genetic information to prevent and treat disease, how and to whom benefits will be distributed, who should be genetically-tested, and how research subjects, patients, workers and society itself will be protected.
     Behind these decisions are the connections between heredity, environment, the internal milieu created by lifestyle and emotion, and the great molders of mind: human values. 
     In the past, ignoring how these realities were connected to each other and to political forces led to painful mistakes. To help prevent repetition of this history, each new issue of GEE! will update and expand connecting information previously published.
     Our Contributing Editors and guest writers, will continuously report what is happening in the web of science and politics in their part of the world, their walk of life, and their own lives and work.
     And yes, of course, we will report on what we and our Institute partners are doing. We need your support to fulfill our mission.
     This is an experiment. All of us in the Institute,  on the editorial board and our guest writers are volunteers. Join us! Help GEE! grow in size and coverage. How well we succeed will be measured by how well we connect people and ideas in our global society.

The Editors