A toxin producing gene is inserted into a crop of corn to be used as a pesticide. Describe both a positive and negative result that could occur. Justify your results in two or more complete sentences.

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positive: It will repel insects and allow more corn to grow with higher quality. This would increase production and possible global stabilization.

Negative: the corn might intoxicate people during consumption and kill people. And worse case scenario the insects become immune to it and aren't affected by toxins anymore causing a worse problem than the initial one.