"...there is reason to expect that organisms in US agroecosystems and humans could be exposed to new toxins when they associate with or eat these plants."

"Overall increases in the concentrations of secondary plant chemicals in the total plant might cause toxic chemicals that are normally present only in trace amounts in edible parts to be increased to the point where they pose a toxic hazard.."

""[T]otal containment of crop genes is not considered to be feasible when seeds are distributed and grown on a commercial scale..."

"Nontarget effects are often unknown or difficult to predict...."

" [These uncertainties] often force agencies to base their decisions on minimal data sets."

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