New Feature–Pesticides in Perspective The article on the facing page is an introduction to a new regular feature in JEM dedicated to Pesticides that will be entitled Pesticides in Perspective. Dr Terry Clark Group Leader of The Dietary Exposure Team at Zeneca Agrochemicals (Jealott's Hill UK) will be the Column Editor (see above for 2N J. Environ. Monit. 2000 2 This journal is # The Royal Society of Chemistry 2000 mini-biography). Dr Clark will invite acknowledged experts to present articles that provide a balanced view on various aspects of pesticide use including (amongst other things) regulation sustainability risk assessment and monitoring in food. In the article below he presents an outline of the features he has planned for forthcoming issues of JEM and their signiÆcance. I hope that you will all enjoy reading this new column and appreciate the new dimension it adds to the journal. Harp Minhas Managing Editor