Myth Makers

An A-Z of the people and groups behind the push for GM. It includes links to the web portal GMWatch SpinProfiles - our in-depth guide to the networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR around the GM issue.

 

Bridget Ogilvie
UK
Vice-chair of the pro-GM lobby group Sense About Science.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
See also: Sense About Science

Paul Ohm
UK
Fictitious advocate of GM crops invented for satirical purposes who was taken seriously by C. S. Prakash of the AgBioView email list.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
See also: AgBioView, Channapatna S. Prakash

Kendra Okonski
UK
Pro-corporate and free trade lobbyist who works for the International Policy Network. Linked with "counter-protests" in favour of GMOs and big industries.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
See also: International Policy Network, Liberty Institute, Sustainable Development Network

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UK
Free trade group with 30 member countries. Its Biotechnology Unit has lobbied for GM crops and attacked critics of GM.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
See also: Mark Cantley

Jim Orson
UK
Director of The Arable Group, which was involved in running the UK's GM farmscale trials. Was also a member of the GM regulator ACRE.
Profiles: GMWatch SpinProfile
See also:
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