Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Agribusiness Pumping Money into Front Groups to Sway Mad Cow Debate John Stauber, Executive Director Center for Media & Democracy 520 University Avenue #227, Madison, WI 53703 Phone(608)260-9713 Fax260-9714 http://www.prwatch.org/ -- The URL below will take you to our website where you will find additional internal links for information on each of the industry- funded organizations mentioned: <http://www.prwatch.org/spin/January_2004.html#1075093200> Corporate-funded think tanks and food industry front groups are rushing into the debate over mad cow disease. This Wednesday, January 28th, the George C. Marshall Institute is hosting a presentation by Harvard Center for Risk Analysis director George Gray, hyping him as " the nation's foremost mad cow expert, " although his expertise is in getting money from government agencies and Fortune 500 companies to produce risk studies that favor their positions. Along with the Harvard Center and the Marshall Institute, other groups receiving industry funding and fronting for them on mad cow disease include Elizabeth Whelan's American Council on Science and Health; father and son combo Dennis and Alex Avery of the Hudson Institute; self-named 'Junkman' Steve Milloy of the Cato Institute; and tobacco, booze and fat-food lobbyist Richard Berman and his latest enterprise the Center for Consumer Freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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