Fazedores de mitos - 1ª série de A a C - Europa

Agricultural Biotechnology Council
 UK
Lobby group of the main GM firms.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile 
Links to: Lexington Communications

Klaus Ammann
 Switzerland
Key European lobbyist for GM crops.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile 
Links to: Public Research and Regulation Initiative, EFB, AskForce

Ascham Associates
 UK
PR consultancy of former Dupont PR man.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile 
Links to: Martin Livermore, Scientific Alliance

Janet Bainbridge
 UK
Former chair Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP)
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Food Standards Agency

Peter Barfoot
 UK
Director of PG Economics, which brings out regular reports commissioned by the biotech industry claiming extraordinary successes with GM crops.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: GMOs cut greenhouse gas emissions, says new report
Links to: Graham Brookes, ISAAA, AgBioForum

Roger Bate
 UK
Free market lobbyist who promotes an industry agenda from multiple platforms, including aggressively promoting GM and attacking organics.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Julian Morris, Dennis Avery, European Science and Environment Forum,Institute of Economic Affairs, American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Patrick Bateson
 UK
Former biological secretary of Royal Society, involved in attacks on Dr. Arpad Pusztai.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Royal Society

David Baulcombe
 UK
Controversial former head of Sainsbury Laboratory at the John Innes Centre.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: False Reports and the Smears of Men
Links to: John Innes Centre, Royal Society

Bell Pottinger Good Relations
 UK
PR firm that's worked for Monsanto.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: David Hill, Monsanto

Andrew Bennet
 UK
Executive director of Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Syngenta Foundation

Biogemma
 France
The biotech research arm of Limagrain. 
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Pierre Pagesse

Bio-Scope
 Germany  Switzerland
Pro-GM website co-edited by Klaus Ammann and supported by EuropaBio.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Klaus Ammann, EuropaBio

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
 UK
Major public funding body, closely aligned with the biotech industry.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Peter Doyle, Syngenta

Biotechnology Institute
 UK
Funded by Monsanto and Novartis. Produced pro-GM leaflet for schools.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Scottish Enterprise

Rebecca Bowden
 UK
Involved in the Royal Society attacks on Dr Arpad Pusztai.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Links to: Royal Society, Lord David Sainsbury

Graham Brookes
 UK
Director of PG Economics, which brings out regular reports commissioned by the biotech industry claiming extraordinary successes with GM crops.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: GMOs Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Links to: Peter Barfoot, ISAAA, AgBioForum

Derek Burke
 UK
Former chair of the UK's regulatory committee on GM foods and a leading lobbyist
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Article: The GM Godfather
Links to: Nuffield Council, ACNFP, Ian Gibson, John Innes Centre

Sir David Carter
 UK
Sense About Science's man at the British Medical Association (BMA).
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Sense About Science

Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Union
 European Union
An umbrella organisation for farmers' cooperatives. COGECA actively supports the development of 'plant biotechnology' in the EU and lobbies for higher thresholds of GM contamination.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Biogemma, Limagrain, Pierre Pagesse

Michael Craven
 UK
New Labour insider and founding partner of GM industry's PR firm of choice,Lexington Communications.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Lexington Communications, Agricultural Biotechnology Council,CropGen

CropGen
 UK
Biotech industry-funded lobby group aiming to "make a case for GM crops" worldwide. Chaired by Vivian Moses and run by PR firm Lexington Communications.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: Jonathon Harrington, Lexington Communications, Peter Lutman, Vivian Moses

CropLife International
 Belgium
A global federation "representing the plant science industry" and led by the big biotech companies.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
Linked to: BASF, Bayer, Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, Syngenta