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3.2- Potential Risk as mentioned <strong>in</strong> the policy<br />

A- Potential risks of plants GMOs <strong>and</strong> their product<br />

I- Expression of toxic or allergenic compound<br />

II- Effects on biogeochemistry<br />

III- Transfer of disease resistant, <strong>in</strong>sect pest resistant, herbicide<br />

resistant genes to wild species, cultivated or domesticated wild<br />

or semi wild sps.<br />

IV- Transfer of genetic material(bacterial, fungal, viral) i.e. gene<br />

flow via poll<strong>in</strong>ation to wild, cultivated or domsticated.<br />

V- Instabilty of genetic modification<br />

VI- Un<strong>in</strong>tended genetic modification to adverse effects<br />

VII- Issues of impacts of new traits on target & non target<br />

organism

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