Peter Lutman
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.
Lutman also works for CropGen, 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.[1]
Another scientist from Rothamstead, 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.
Lutman is the 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.
References
- ^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
