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Name: Ermakova

City: Moscow
State: XX
Country: Russia
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Message:
NEW IDEA

Dear Mr/Mrs,

I am an investigator, who performed experiments with rats and found
negative effect of GM-soy (RR, line 40.3.2) on offspring (Ermakova,
2005, 2006). I am absolutely sure that the biotechnology is the future
of humanity and like the idea of gene introduction. However we must
think about biosafety. My opinion is that the main reason of the
negative effect obtained by independent scientists and by me also is the
imperfection of gene introduction procedure used for GMO creation.
Analyzing results I understood how it would be possible to modify the
technologies to make them safer for humans and the Environment. I would
be glad to discuss this idea with you and ready to check it in
experiments. If you like this idea it will belong to your Company,
because it is only modification of your methods.

Thank you for your inquiry to http://www.monsanto.com.

In 2005, the eight biotech crops grown in the U. S. increased crop
yields by 8.34 billion pounds, saved growers $1.4 billion and reduced
pesticide use by 69.7 million lbs. (Crops: alfalfa, canola, corn,
cotton, papaya, soybean, squash, and sweet corn)[http://www.ncfap.org].

In June 2003, NCFAP (www.ncfap.org) released the first of three case
studies to estimate the potential impact of biotechnology in Europe:
Key Findings - The widespread adoption of plant biotechnology in maize,
oilseed rape, wheat, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, sugarbeets and stone
fruit in Europe would result in significant yield increases, savings for
growers and pesticide use reductions. All together, the nine biotech
crops would increase yields by 8.5 billion kilograms per year, increase
grower net income by $(EURO) 1.6 billion per year and reduce pesticide
use by 14.4 million kilograms per year, compared with existing practices
that would be replaced.

Monsanto markets its agricultural biotechnology products in a number of
countries around the world (US, Canada, Japan, Argentina, Europe, South
Africa, Australia, etc.). Each country has separate regulations
regarding food, feed and environmental safety, and we must obtain
approval for a product from all responsible regulatory bodies before it
can be marketed in that country. In addition, grain or food/feed
products from these crops are often exported to other countries and,
again, each country has its own set of requirements to allow imports.
The following website http://bch.biodiv.org/ provides an overview of the
regulatory systems of many countries around the world, as well as links
to the specific government agencies.

Biotech Safety and Benefits Information Available on Monsanto Web Site:
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/our_pledge/default.asp The "New"
Monsanto Pledge.
Product Safety Summaries & Peer Reviewed Safety Publications:
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/products/technicalandsafety/safe
tySum.asp

While much of the safety information has been published in scientific
journals, this is the first time the information has been assembled in
documents that provide a summary of the food, feed, and environmental
safety of each product in a single detailed document and made readily
available through an easily accessible venue like the Internet. Each of
the product safety summaries includes information on molecular
characterizations, food and feed safety assessments, compositional
analysis and nutritional assessments, and environmental safety
assessments. The posted information is a summary of the information
reviewed by regulatory authorities throughout the world. This provides a
detailed summary of the broad array of data and information that is
developed for each agricultural biotech product.

Please visit the Biotech Knowledge Center at
http://www.biotechknowledge.monsanto.com/ . This site and its materials
-- which represent many points of view -- were established to promote a
deeper understanding of food biotechnology and other life sciences, and
the many complex issues associated with them.

Please visit the links at http://pewagbiotech.org/research/harvest/ and
http://www.isaaa.org:
The first link will lead you to the Pew Initiative on Agriculture and
Biotechnology. The Executive Summary report on "Harvest on the Horizon
- Future Uses of Agricultural Biotechnology" is an excellent review of
future potential products of agricultural biotechnology. Within this
Executive Summary is a link
http://pewagbiotech.org/research/harvest/harvest.pdf to the full
report.The second link will take you to the International Service for
the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). At this site you
will find a summary of all current biotech products including global
acreages(
http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=4431903&pid=r&mode=ALL&query=acr
es&t=s ).

The SEARCH function on the Monsanto Website can be linked at
http://www.monsanto.com/monsanto/layout/default.asp. There will be a
window at this location. To utilize the search function place your
cursor into the window and type in "Key Words" relating to your search.
The Monsanto search engine will provide a display of all relevant
information regarding your "Key Words".

Please also visit www.teachingscience.org, http://www.whybiotech.com [In
Depth Reports @ http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp?id=2870 ],
http://www.agbios.com and www.core-online.org/events/videos/voices.htm
or http://members.tripod.com/c_rader0/gemod.htm.

Monsanto Webguru