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• Think tanks
  *[[European Science and Environment Forum]] ...think-tank business. But when that money and the interests behind it lurk in the shadows of the policy debate, the nation's interests are put at risk."
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• Front groups
  ...The creation of front groups is a key example of [[Third Party Technique]] in the [[Public Relations]] industry.<ref name="SourceWatch">SourceWatch, [htt ...rs, commissioning reports, writing editorials, and featuring on talk shows in an effort to divert public opinion toward industry views.<ref>Mark Megalli
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• BP
  *[[BP: Extract from 'Written in Flames']] * [[Phil Bentley]] who previously served 15 years with BP in various international oil and gas exploration roles is now Managing Directo
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• Monsanto
  ...s it produced polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxic chemicals now banned in many countries<ref>IPCS Inchem [http://www.inchem.org/documents/cicads/cica ...ne/default.asp Timeline] Accessed 2007</ref> Monsanto manages its business in two segments, Seeds and Genomics and Agricultural Productivity.
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• American Israel Public Affairs Committee
  ...s considered one of the three most powerful lobbies in Washington. Founded in 1951 as [[American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs]] by [[I.L. (Sy) Ke ...ors deemed not friendly enough towards Israel, and the passage of billions in grants.
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• Campus Watch (Middle East Forum)
  ...East Forum]], it claims that "it reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them."<ref>[http://www.campus-watch. ...TV appearances and speaking engagements, and helps to place their articles in newspapers. <ref>Brian Whitaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journ
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• Eric Moonman
  ...mni event at the House of Commons in 2006 where Moonman is a leading light in the [[Association of Former Members of Parliament]]]] ...and became chairman of the Labour Society. Moonman was awarded his diploma in 1955
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• LM network
  ...Life website accessed 7th June 2010</ref>. Thus [[Patrick Hayes]] affirms in his twitter profile "I work for spiked www.spiked-online.com and the Instit ...M Magazine]] after it changed its name from [[Living Marxism]] at issue 97 in February 1997.<ref>'[http://web.archive.org/web/19980218145236/www.informin
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• GM lobby groups
  ...so the index of [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:GM all pages in the GMWatch portal]. *[[American Council on Science and Health]]
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• Weir Group
  ...independently successful companies, each with leading brand name products in their own sectors.'<ref> Weir Group [http://www.weir.co.uk/Group/home.nsf/l ...t if fracking takes off in the UK according to the ''Telegraph'' newspaper in June 2014.
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• Bayer: Who, Where, How Much?
  In addition, Bayer cooperates with various companies through strategic allianc ...into a management holding company with independent operating subsidiaries in order to achieve greater flexibility for necessary strategic partnerships.
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• Life Sciences Network
  Based in Wellington, New Zealand, the '''Life Sciences Network''' (LSN) is a well-he ...ter171103_8.htm]in achieving what it terms 'balanced' media coverage on GM in New Zealand.
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• Competitive Enterprise Institute
  ...Institute website, version placed in web archive January 27 2002, accessed in web archive April 27 2009</ref> ...te change-sceptical organisation in Washington as well as promoting "Sound Science" and denigrating environmentalists.
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• Cato Institute
  ...een, in the late 1990s at least, as the fourth most influential think tank in Washington.<ref> [http://www.tobacco.org/articles/org/cato/ Cato Institute] Cato maintains that “In order to maintain an independent posture, the Cato Institute accepts no gov
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• Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise
  ...Violence Policy Center website, accessed March 25 2009</ref> founded CDFE in 1974 along with two gun groups: Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep an In 1984 Gottlieb was joined by the man who became CDFE's Executive Vice Presid
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• AstraZeneca
  ...13.stm Accessed 13 April 2008.</ref> AstraZeneca is UK-based and is active in 100 countries, with 67,000 employees. *[[Business in the Community]] [http://www.bitc.org.uk Website]
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• Scottish Parliament
  ===Business in the Parliament=== ...Release, 026/2004, 22 April 2004. [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/news/news-04/pa04-026.htm])
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• Scottish Parliament Science Information Service
  In September 2003 the [[Scottish Parliament]] launched a science project to afford MSPs access to 'reliable and factual information': ...iety of Chemistry]] (RSC) in association with the [[Institute of Physics]] in Scotland and the University of Edinburgh.
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• AfricaBio
  ...ry and [[USAID]] to introduce GM crops into Africa. Thomson's book ''Genes in Africa'' promotes the benefits of GM crops for the developing world. Thomson was also involved in the drafting of the South African Biotechnology Strategy and was Chair of [
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• Muffy Koch
  ...ntry where the uptake of GM crops has been amongst the most rapid anywhere in the world. ...d be repeatedly employed in a regulatory capacity, as well as in assisting in the development of appropriate systems for its regulation.
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• Florence Wambugu
  ...or of corporate affairs, [[Tony Combes]], told the Sunday Herald newspaper in June 2003.<ref>Rob Edwards, [http://www.robedwards.com/2003/06/uk_gmfree_fo :Genetically modified crops are the key to eradicating poverty and hunger in the Third World, says a leading African biotechnology expert.<ref>Chris Lac
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• Dennis Avery
  ...a nationally syndicated weekly column for the financial newswire [[Bridge News]]. .... Avery published an article entitled 'The Hidden Dangers in Organic Food' in the Fall, 1998, issue of American Outlook, a quarterly publication publishe
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• Rick Berman
  ...that seek to prevent regulation and promote individual freedoms. He works in a range of controversial areas including defending products including caffe ...educating people. If that's my biggest crime, I stand accused..."<ref> CBS News, Morley Safer, 22nd July 2007 [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/60
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• British Nutrition Foundation
  ...[British Nutrition Foundation]] (BNF) is the key food industry front group in the UK. The BNF promotes itself as a source of impartial information, but i ...tory/hyperseek.cgi?search=CAT&Category=Nutrition%3AOrganizations BNF entry in Healthlinks.net], accessed 11 Mar 2010</ref>
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• Rebecca Bowden
  ...d Sainsbury]]. Bowden was previously senior manager of the Royal Society's science policy division. [http://www.gmwatch.org/p2temp2.asp?aid=37&page=1&op=2 An article in The Guardian] of Nov 1, 1999, commenting on apparent efforts by members of
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• Bromine Science and Environment Forum
  ...n, or a coalition of scientists, environmentalists and other stakeholders, in reality BSEF comprises of - and is funded by - the [[Albemarle Corporation] ...bans on chemical products, such as the 'Alliance for Consumer Fire Safety in Europe' (ACFSE) and the European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel
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• Thomas Deichmann
  [[File:Thomas Deichmann.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Thomas Deichmann in 2008]] ...bi-monthly German magazine [[Novo Argumente|''NovoArgumente'']], published in Frankfurt.<ref name="battle">Battle of Ideas, [http://www.battleofideas.org
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• Alan Dewar
  ...sted Research website, version placed in web archive 20 Aug 2003, accessed in web archive 25 Jan 2010</ref> ....gmsciencedebate.org.uk/topics/forum/pdf/0047.pdf Delayed control of weeds in glyphosate-tolerant sugar beet and the consequences on aphid infestation an
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• Bill Durodié
  ...e at the [[Battle of Ideas]] speaking on: What are the barriers to science in the 21st century ? [[Institute of Ideas]] London, UK Oct 28th, 2007]] ...omplemented the UK government's Public Debate on GM crops which culminated in 2003.
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• Department for International Development
  The UK '''Department for International Development''' (DfID) was set up in May 1997 by the incoming Labour government. Headed by a cabinet minister, i ...promote the privatisation of basic services, such as education and health, in developing countries. It does this by:
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• Paul Wilkinson
  ...eer. He retired from academia in October 2007 but continued to be involved in terrorology. ...ars until 1965 when he retired at the rank of Flight Lieutenant.<ref>entry in ''Debrett's People of Today'' (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, November 2007)</ref>
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• Foodsecurity.net
  ...tly available) which promoted itself as 'the web's most complete source of news and information about global food security concerns and sustainable agricul ...ndustry) or [http://www.foodsecurity.net/news/newsitem.php3?nid=1860&tnews=news Altered Crops Called Boon for Poor].
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• Fiona Fox
  ...Foster 1992.jpg|left|thumb|250|[[Fiona Fox]] listed as '[[Fiona Foster]]' in a picture from the journal she edited at the time: ''[[Irish Freedom]]'' th '''Fiona Fox''' is the director of the [[Science Media Centre]] (SMC) and is associated with the libertarian anti-environmen
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• Food and Drink Federation: Corporate Crimes
  ...ons. It could also have saved the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation, culling, and burial costs. ...s of powdered milk to developing countries. Yet the use of vaccinated milk in food production was not at threat, since &#39;the retailers and food manufa
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• Food and Drink Federation: Influence and lobbying
  ...] is a corporate-controlled lobby group which promotes corporate interests in three ways: ...s the placing of industry representatives on research funding councils and in supposedly independent research institutions.
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• Food and Drink Federation: Projects
  ...stry at {{ref|1}}. It also runs tangential websites aimed at getting &#39;science-based information&#39; over to the public: ...uring industry&#39;, in which role it aims to &#39;improve the environment in which the UK food and drink manufacturing industry must operate: be it legi
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• Genetic Alliance UK
  '''Genetic Alliance UK''' was formed in 2010 as a result of a name change by the [[Genetic Interest Group]] (GIG).< ...Professor [[Peter Lachmann]] and he is listed as an advisory board member in the GIG Annual Review 2006-07.<ref>[http://www.gig.org.uk/docs/annualreport
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• Pallab Ghosh
  ...es/20030606005912300.htm 'it is unfit for cultivation and should be banned in the State']. ...ed protein. Ghosh's report made headline news in the UK, and was picked up in other media reports around the world.
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• Axis Media Group Ltd
  ...evision]]. While at Scottish Television he was also editor of the flagship news programme [[Scotland Today]] for two years, and later produced Channel 4 do * Glasgow Science Centre
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• Doug Powell
  In May 2006 [[Doug Powell]] took up a post as an associate professor at the Co He was formerly an associate professor in the Dept. of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, Canada. He was
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• John Hillman
  ...ed at Invergowrie, near Dundee, employing over 350 staff. It has an income in excess of £13m, the majority from public funding. However, any corporate b In an article on the BBC News website, Hillman is quoted as saying:
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• Hudson Institute
  The '''Hudson Institute''' was founded in 1961. It is a right wing think tank "dedicated to thinking about the future ...ry Kissinger]], former US national security advisor and secretary of state in the Nixon administration, who says:
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• Uzi Arad
  ...University. He enlisted in the [[IDF]] in 1966, serving a three-year tour in the Air Force.<ref>Uzi Arad: Out of the shadows, into the line of fire, The ...ip to study at Princeton University, where he received MA and Ph.D degrees in International Relations.<ref>[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/_Uploads/22
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• International Policy Network
  [[Image:IPN.jpg|300px|right|thumb|IPN's former offices, Bedford Chambers, in London's Covent Garden, next door to the Rock Garden]] ...nd Technology Programme. The IPN is based in an office in Bedford Chambers in King Street, Covent Garden, London.<ref>[http://www.policynetwork.net/main/
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• Institute of Public Affairs
  ...icy debate' in Australia ever since. It is comprised of four units located in Victoria and Queensland: a Deregulation Unit, an Economic Policy Unit, an I In 2001 IPA launched what it claimed was 'an international first' when it 'sta
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• Jonathan Jones
  ...ts. In 1998 Jones wrote, 'I've worked with transgenic plants for 15 years, in the US and the UK. The more I do it, the less I worry about it.'<ref>Jonath ...er resources are overutilized and polluted. But the solutions require more science, not less.'<ref>Jonathan Jones, [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertai
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• Dean Kleckner
  ...as a figure of Tony Blair's significance coming down firmly on the side of science--we also have to endure the agonizing experience of watching millions of Af ...ou allow to achieve your objective? How many iron deficient women must die in childbirth for your direct-mail fund raising efforts? How many more lives w
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• John Krebs
  ...rebs, the German biochemist who described the uptake and release of energy in cells (the Krebs cycle). ...l Society]] and since 1988 has held a Royal Society Research Professorship in the Department of Zoology, Oxford University. His speciality is bird behavi
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• Peter Lachmann
  ...ly concluded that the use of GM plants had the potential to offer benefits in agricultural practice, food quality, nutrition and health. ...party on peer review, and is also on the Advisory Council of [[Sense About Science]]. He is also an advisor to the [[Genetic Interest Group]], to which SmithK
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• Peter Lutman
  ...oods by helping to achieve a greater measure of realism and better balance in the UK's public discussions on agriculture and food.<ref>"[http://www.cropg ....uk/1/hi/sci/tech/678410.stm UK Government 'should sack GM adviser']", BBC News, 16 March 2000, accessed March 19 2009</ref>
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