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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Environmental risk assessments can provide high confidence of minimal risk by testing theories, "risk hypotheses", that predict the likelihood of unacceptable harmful events. The creation of risk hypotheses and a plan to test them is called problem formulation. Effective problem formulation seeks to maximize the possibility of detecting effects that indicate potential risk; if such effects are not detected, minimal risk is indicated with high confidence. Two important implications are that artificial test conditions can increase confidence, whereas prescriptive data requirements can reduce confidence (increase uncertainty) if they constrain problem formulation. Poor problem formulation can increase environmental risk because it leads to the collection of superfluous data that may delay or prevent the introduction of environmentally beneficial products.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1635-7922
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
119-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Problem formulation and hypothesis testing for environmental risk assessments of genetically modified crops.
pubmed:affiliation
Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, UK. alan.raybould@syngenta.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article