Jürgen Angerer is Head of the working group "Analytical Chemistry" of the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area. He is a member of the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) and board member of the International Society of Environmental Medicine (ISEM). He is author and editor of numerous books and belongs to the editorial boards of the Journal of Chromatography B as well as of the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.

Helmut Greim is Head of the DFG-Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area and also President of the Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance of the German Chemical Society. Both bodies are intimately involved in European regulatory procedures concerning hazardous chemicals.