Louise Fresco
Louise O. Fresco is a University Professor at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and an Honorary Professor at the Wageningen University and Research Center, the Netherlands. From 1996 to 2006, she served as Director of Research and Assistant Director General for Agriculture at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.[1]
Fresco wrote an article in Science journal attacking the EU's approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops on the grounds that it is too slow and unnecessarily precautionary. She claimed, "Europe's lack of trust in GMOs reflects a wider distrust of science. Similar attitudes prevail concerning shale gas and nuclear power."[2]
Undisclosed in her article was the fact that Fresco was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the multinational consumer goods company Unilever in May 2009.[3] Unilever has interests in industrial and food biotechnology.[4]
Fresco is supervisory director of the Dutch bank, Rabobank.[5]
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- ↑ Louise O. Fresco (2013) The GMO Stalemate in Europe, Science, 22 February 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6122 p. 883. DOI: 10.1126/science.1236010
- ↑ Louise O. Fresco (2013) The GMO Stalemate in Europe, Science, 22 February 2013: Vol. 339 no. 6122 p. 883. DOI: 10.1126/science.1236010
- ↑ Unilever (2013) Louise Fresco, acc 28 Feb 2013
- ↑ Neil Parry of Unilever, Industrial Biotechnology opportunities in fast moving consumer goods sector, powerpoint presentation, accessed 28 Feb 2013
- ↑ Unilever (2013) Louise Fresco, acc 28 Feb 2013
