Team:SDU-Denmark/safety-c

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It is required of us to make a throughout risk-assessment, so that we may judge if our use of GMM's poses a threat towards the well being or safety of human beings, animals, plants, or the environment. To help perform this assessment, the UN has laid down a minimum standard of elements required to make an adequate assessment of the potential harm of an accident resulting in the release of the GMM's into the environment. The following is a list of the minimum elements required:
It is required of us to make a throughout risk-assessment, so that we may judge if our use of GMM's poses a threat towards the well being or safety of human beings, animals, plants, or the environment. To help perform this assessment, the UN has laid down a minimum standard of elements required to make an adequate assessment of the potential harm of an accident resulting in the release of the GMM's into the environment. The following is a list of the minimum elements required:
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1.    Assessment of potential harmful effects, defined as
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1.    Assessment of potential harmful effects, defined as <br />
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a)    Disease in human beings animals or plants
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a)    Disease in human beings animals or plants <br />
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b)    Harmful effects resulting from inability to cure disease
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b)    Harmful effects resulting from inability to cure disease <br />
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c)    Harmful effects resulting from organisms establishing itself in nature
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c)    Harmful effects resulting from organisms establishing itself in nature <br />
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d)    Harmful effects resulting from the organism, through natural processes confers part of its genome, such as heightened resistance, to other organisms in nature
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d)    Harmful effects resulting from the organism, through natural processes confers part of its genome, such as heightened resistance, to other organisms in nature <br />
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2.    Resulting from
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2.    Resulting from <br />
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a)    The host-organism to be modified
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a)    The host-organism to be modified <br />
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b)    The parts inserted into or otherwise used to alter the organism
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b)    The parts inserted into or otherwise used to alter the organism <br />
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c)    The vector
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c)    The vector <br />
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d)    The donor-organism           
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d)    The donor-organism <br />          
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e)    The resulting modified organism
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e)    The resulting modified organism <br />
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3.    Characteristics for the organism's activity
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3.    Characteristics for the organism's activity <br />
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4.    How potent the potential harmful effects are
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4.    How potent the potential harmful effects are <br />
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5.    The likelihood of harmful effects being realized
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5.    The likelihood of harmful effects being realized <br />
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Based on this risk-assessment it is possible to rank the project according to the risk, ranking from level  1 to 4, in accordance to the procedure giving by the UN. See appendix I for the risk-assessment we made for our project.
Based on this risk-assessment it is possible to rank the project according to the risk, ranking from level  1 to 4, in accordance to the procedure giving by the UN. See appendix I for the risk-assessment we made for our project.
Personal Safety
Personal Safety

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