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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2015

Building Better Environmental Risk Assessments.

Raymond Layton, Joe Smith, Phil Macdonald, Ramatha Letchumanan, Paul Keese, Martin Lema

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Regulation of GM Organisms for Invasive Species Control.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Raymond LaytonIndustry Affairs and Regulatory, DuPont Pioneer , Johnston, IA , USA.
Joe SmithAdvisor in Regulation, Science and Government (Formerly affiliated with the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator) , Canberra, ACT , Australia.
Phil MacdonaldPlant and Biotechnology Risk Assessment Unit, Canadian Food Inspection Agency , Ottawa, ON , Canada.
Ramatha LetchumananDepartment of Biosafety, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment , Putrajaya , Malaysia.
Paul KeeseOffice of the Gene Technology Regulator , Canberra, ACT , Australia.
Martin LemaMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina , Buenos Aires , Argentina.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Risk assessment is a reasoned, structured approach to address uncertainty based on scientific and technical evidence. It forms the foundation for regulatory decision-making, which is bound by legislative and policy requirements, as well as the need for making timely decisions using available resources. In order to be most useful, environmental risk assessments (ERAs) for genetically modified (GM) crops should provide consistent, reliable, and transparent results across all types of GM crops, traits, and environments. The assessments must also separate essential information from scientific or agronomic data of marginal relevance or value for evaluating risk and complete the assessment in a timely fashion. Challenges in conducting ERAs differ across regulatory systems - examples are presented from Canada, Malaysia, and Argentina. One challenge faced across the globe is the conduct of risk assessments with limited resources. This challenge can be overcome by clarifying risk concepts, placing greater emphasis on data critical to assess environmental risk (for example, phenotypic and plant performance data rather than molecular data), and adapting advances in risk analysis from other relevant disciplines.

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genetically engineered cropsGMOnon-target organismsrisk assessmentrisk characterizationrisk management

Identifiers

PMID26301217
PMCPMC4526797

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