Interesting new discovery on viral genes found in food crops.

" 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) 
<http://www.es.landesbioscience.com/journals/gmcrops/article/21406/?nocache=1759778285> 
^[1] . ... the EFSA researchers were unable to rule out a hazard to 
public health or the environment"

http://independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/regulators-discover-a-hidden-viral-gene-in-commercial-gmo-crops/print/

-- mark

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