Difference between revisions of "Peter Lutman"
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:make the case for GM crops and foods 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.cropgen.org/ Home Page]", CropGen website, accessed March 18 2009</ref> | :make the case for GM crops and foods 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.cropgen.org/ Home Page]", CropGen website, accessed March 18 2009</ref> | ||
| − | Another scientist from | + | Another scientist from Rothamsted, Dr [[Nigel Halford]], is also part of CropGen, as is ex-Rothamsted scientist, Dr [[Guy Poppy]]. Scientists on the CropGen panel are paid "honoraria" for their work as panel members.<ref>FoE Biotech Mailout, March 2000, Vol 6, Issue 2 [http://mail.foeeurope.org/GMOs/publications/vol6no2.pdf Sack Some Scientists] p.7</ref> |
Lutman is technical secretary of the BCPC (formerly known as the [[British Crop Protection Council]]) Research & Development Subcommittee (Weeds). The BCPC's corporate members include the [[Crop Protection Association]], comprising all the major agrochemical/GM companies such as [[Bayer]], [[BASF]], [[Dow Chemical|Dow]], [[Monsanto]] and [[Syngenta]]. | Lutman is technical secretary of the BCPC (formerly known as the [[British Crop Protection Council]]) Research & Development Subcommittee (Weeds). The BCPC's corporate members include the [[Crop Protection Association]], comprising all the major agrochemical/GM companies such as [[Bayer]], [[BASF]], [[Dow Chemical|Dow]], [[Monsanto]] and [[Syngenta]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 18 March 2009
Dr Peter J. W. Lutman is Head of the Weed Ecology Research Group at Rothamsted Research.[1] Rothamsted Research (formerly IACR) is part of a consortium of three research groups which carried out the UK government's farm-scale trials on three GM crops. Lutman was a co-author of a report to the government on the progress of the trials.[2]
Lutman also works for CropGen,[3] an initiative launched by the biotechnology industry to
- make the case for GM crops and foods by helping to achieve a greater measure of realism and better balance in the UK's public discussions on agriculture and food.[4]
Another scientist from Rothamsted, Dr Nigel Halford, is also part of CropGen, as is ex-Rothamsted scientist, Dr Guy Poppy. Scientists on the CropGen panel are paid "honoraria" for their work as panel members.[5]
Lutman is technical secretary of the BCPC (formerly known as the British Crop Protection Council) Research & Development Subcommittee (Weeds). The BCPC's corporate members include the Crop Protection Association, comprising all the major agrochemical/GM companies such as Bayer, BASF, Dow, Monsanto and Syngenta.
Notes
- ↑ GMWatch 2007 These are the scientists who wrote to Blair (31/10/2003)
- ↑ FoE Biotech Mailout, March 2000, Vol 6, Issue 2 Sack Some Scientists p.7
- ↑ FoE Biotech Mailout, March 2000, Vol 6, Issue 2 Sack Some Scientists p.7
- ↑ "Home Page", CropGen website, accessed March 18 2009
- ↑ FoE Biotech Mailout, March 2000, Vol 6, Issue 2 Sack Some Scientists p.7
