Nigeria: Report Uncovers Deadly Viral Gene Found in Commercial GMO Crops

7 February 2013

A NEW report issued by the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, has uncovered that most Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, in commercial use today contain a hidden viral gene known as "Gene VI", that appears unsafe for human consumption.

A publication in Natural News says the report, 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, highlights that fact that 54 of the 86 GMO traits currently approved for use, or roughly 63 percent, contain the strange viral gene that researchers have found alters the normal function of crops.

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