Elsevier (www.elsevier.com) will be partnering with the International Union of Toxicology/IUTOX (www.toxicology.org/iutox/) in an effort to promote educational and career development for toxicologists in 24 countries in Eastern Europe, South America and Asia - all with nascent toxicology research programmes. In 2002, IUTOX contacted publishers of major toxicological reference works for donations to the project. Elsevier has made a donation to the project, worth USD 35,000, by pledging copies of the Comprehensive Toxicology Series 1-13. As a result, one research library in each of the countries will receive the full collection, thereby facilitating access to the latest information for researchers in toxicology. Libraries are already receiving the collections.