The high technology Center has been established  for the study of damages to the nervous and endocrine systems produced by environmental, alimentary and pharmacologic agents. Various environmental agents of physical, chemical and biological nature can interfere with many functions of human and animal organisms, either directly or indirectly, through the food chain. The use and the abuse of drugs with toxic or hormonal activities has recently attracted the attention of the scientific community and of the media, because of the large impact on the general population. In order to adopt preventive measures the knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the damages produced by exogenous agents on the nervous and endocrine systems is necessary. These systems together form an integrated unit controlling all organs and functions. The response of the nervous and endocrine systems to exogenous agents varies depending on the genetic background. In order to understand these complex phenomena a combined scientific approach is needed, one which includes physics, chemistry, veterinarian and agrarian sciences, biology and clinical medicine. In the University of Pisa there is an excellent combination of specialized scientific areas of expertise with highly developed technologies, which are qualified to perform a study of this kind through the establishment of a Center with the following objectives: improvement of the current knowledge on the effects of known exogenous agents on nervous and endocrine systems, with particular regard to the evaluation of the relation between physical, chemical and biological properties of exogenous agents and the mechanisms of molecular and cellular damage in human and animal organisms; identification of new, potentially harmful agents; development of a research and information network aimed at interacting with national and international centers, both public and private, actively involved in this field, either scientifically or in the industrial production; delivery of the information through world wide web network; support to companies for the development of new technologies.