Highlights: I. Amino Acid Hazard: Recall of L‐Tryptophan;II. From the Industrial Revolution to the Mental Institution; III. Human Genome Project

Three items are highlighted: I. The recall of L‐tryptophan by the USA Food and Drug Administration because of its near certain causal relation to eosinophilia‐myalgia syndrome; II. The reprinting of an important editorial by D.T. Curry expressing concern at the increasing automatonisation of tasks that formerly required the practice of sophisticated human skills; III. A discussion of the human genome project in terms of costs, time, possible benefits and hazards, and public concern.