[Ecommerce] Interesting use of spam: Monsanto Biotech News

[James Love]

This was a surprise.  I am being spammed by Monsanto for some reason.
Jamie


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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:11:59 -0400
From: biotechoutreach@monsantolist.com
To: love@cptech.org
Subject: Monsanto Biotech News

From: biotechoutreach@monsantolist.com
Reply-To: biotechoutreach@monsantolist.com

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AT MONSANTO.COM

Monsanto today last week a major scientific breakthrough in decoding the genetic make-up of rice, and that it will share its data with researchers around the world. This will enable the world's scientific
community to greatly accelerate the development of more nutritious and higher yielding rice. It is also expected to lead to similar developments in other major crops such as corn and wheat.

Read the following documents for more information on this major breakthrough in rice:

1) Monsanto Rice Genome Sequencing Project
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/00apr03_rice.html

2) The Monsanto Rice Genome Sequencing Project: How science can improve food production
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/rice/index.htm

3) Rice - Fact Sheet
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/00apr03_ricefact.html

4) Rice Statistics
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/ricegrp/index.htm

5) Rice Genome Sequencing Information Web Sites
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/mediacenter/background/00apr03_ricewebsites.html


IN THE LIFE SCIENCES KNOWLEDGE CENTER

1) Scientists Leave The Lab To Defend Bioengineered Food

Plant scientists in academe, the vast majority of whom support the use of techniques that transfer new genes into crop plants, have begun to respond to the public's outcry. They are urging the public to keep an open mind about the technology, and to heed the growing mass of data that pinpoint the risks and benefits.
http://www.biotechknowledge.com/showlib_us.php3?3146

2) Smith Releases Report On Genetically-Modified Plants

Committee on Science Subcommittee on Basic Research Chairman Nick Smith (R-MI) today released a report assessing the benefits and risks of genetically-modified plants and plant-derived foods, and recommending changes in federal regulation.  The report, Seeds of Opportunity, concludes that there is no significant difference between plant varieties created using agricultural biotechnology and similar plants created using traditional crossbreeding.
http://www.biotechknowledge.com/showlib_us.php3?3181

3) No Risks Evident In GMO Foods: US Study

A prestigious US science panel said Wednesday it found no evidence of danger from genetically modified crops and that there is "no strict distinction" between the risks posed by these foods and plants modified by conventional practices.
http://www.biotechknowledge.com/showlib_us.php3?3131

4) Stop The Bio-tech Food Fight

Opponents of biotechnology have raised some legitimate concerns. In doing so, however, they have often employed guerrilla tactics and outlandish rhetoric. Meannwhile, the biotechnology industry have not done enough to to educate the public opinion about the issue. Therefore the oponents of biotechnology have been able to exploit the public opinion ignorance.
http://www.biotechknowledge.com/showlib_us.php3?3161

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