How
should a regulatory agency announce they have discovered something
potentially very important about the safety of products they have been
approving for over twenty years?
In the course of analysis to identify potential allergens in GMO crops, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has belatedly discovered that the most common genetic regulatory sequence in commercial GMOs also
encodes a significant fragment of a viral gene (Podevin and du Jardin
2012). This finding has serious ramifications for crop biotechnology and
its regulation, but possibly even greater ones for consumers and
farmers. This is because there are clear indications that this viral
gene (called Gene VI) might not be safe for human consumption. It also
may disturb the normal functioning of crops, including their natural
pest resistance.
Read the rest at Misebogland: https://misebogland.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/regulators-discover-a-hidden-viral-gene-in-commercial-gmo-crops/
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