TRIPS TO COSTA RICA, ITALY, AND SPAIN (continued) isotopes laboretory be made available to the Naples Zoological Station. In connection with the visit to Spain, it was found that some excellent laboratories exist there and they have sent four young scientists to the U. S. A. for training. Dr. Sterling E. Emerson The First International Congress on Human Genetics held in Copenhagen was attended by one-hundred registrants mostly from Western Europe. DR. EMERSON was not too favorably impressed with the quality of the work, although a great deal of it INTERNATIONAL HUMAN GENETICS CONGRESS was reported upon. The prospects of doing good human genetics work are not too favorable. After the meeting Dr. Emerson went to the Fifth International Congress on Radicbiology. This meeting was also found somewhat disappointing in that much of the material appeared to be obsolete. While in Europe he attended a study group of the WHO on the effects of radiation upon human genetics. The reason for this meeting was to supplement the report of the scientific committee of the United Nations which did not include any geneticists. A report of some of the details of the three meetings was made with some discussion by members of the ACEM. DR. BUGHER reported that he had understood that Dr. Gopal-Ayengar of India had reported a 30 roentgen gonadal dose in a thirty-year period because of the monazite sands present. In response, DR. EMERSON said that upon questioning, Dr. Gopal-Ayengar was somewhat more modest and quoted a figure of 10 to 20 roentgens in thirty years. sea level.) (This is about ten times the normal background at This report initiated a general discussion of the levels of cosmic radiation at various locations and altitudes. Mr. Richard W. Johnson MR. JOHNSON reported on the Fourth Instruments and Measurements Conference being held in Stockholm. Since the meeting was being conducted at the same time as the ACBM meeting and was represented for the AEC by Mr. Butenhoff; a FOURTH INSTRU- MENTS CONGRESS complete report could not be given. Mr. Johnson gave background material and told about the AEC exhibit which consists primarily of a mockup exhibit of ver’ **-s*ion Of - ll - neutrinos at the Savannah River