(NaturalNews) Just a few months after a now-famous Italian study
found that Monsanto's NK603 genetically-modified (GM) corn causes serious organ
damage and tumors in mammals, a report issued by the
European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) has uncovered that most GMOs in commercial use today
contain a hidden viral gene that appears to be unsafe for human consumption.
Entitled
Possible consequences of the overlap between the CaMV 35S promoter
regions in plant transformation vectors used and the viral gene VI in
transgenic plants, the landmark report highlights that fact that 54 of the
86 GMO traits currently approved for use, or roughly 63 percent, contain a
strange viral gene known as "Gene VI" that researchers have found
alters the normal function of crops.
This alteration is present in most of the widely-grown GMOs in commercial use
today, including both NK603 and MON810 corn, as well as Roundup-Ready soybeans,
all of which are produced by Monsanto. And researchers have found that this
rogue gene can induce unintended phenotypic changes, which can involve serious
physical and biochemical mutations, in organisms.
"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," explains
Independent Science
News (ISN) about the discovery.
Based on earlier research involving the link between viral genes and plant and
human health, the new discovery raises serious concerns about the safety of
many
GMOs in commercial
production today. Since the inherent purpose of viral genes is to disable the
host in order to allow for pathogenic invasion, their presence in the
GMO-ridden food supply represents a serious threat to both plant and human
health.
