AUSTIN, Minn. - In addition to factory air and leather bucket seats, your new GM automobile will also likely include pork shoulders. This is the result of a recent partnership between General Motors Corp. and Hormel, the company that makes Spam.

The glue that holds this partnership together is a miracle binding agent made from pork and turkey byproducts. The animal protein collagen extracted from these byproducts is ideal for creating the sand molds used to caste metal parts.

In the past, said Hormel president Joel Johnson, toxic chemicals have been used to bind sand to create molds. The sand they bind is not recyclable, and this presents a "severe pollution problem."

The new GMBond is an alternative to those chemicals.

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