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Genetic Engineering and Environmental Risks


David Andow, Ph.D.
Professor
Insect EcologyDepartment of Entomology
University of Minnesota/St.Paul
612-624-5323
dandow@umn.edu

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
 
Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Allison Snow, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Ohio State University
614-292-3445
snow.1@osu.edu
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~asnowlab/home.html

LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
University>of Nebraska at Omaha
(402) 554-2405
lwolfenbarger@mail.unomaha.edu
www.unomaha.edu/~lwolfenb



Genetic Engineering and Crop Contamination

Ignacio Chapela, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
510-643-2452
510-643-2952
Ichapela@nature.berkeley.edu

Norman Ellstrand, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Department of Botany amp; Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
909-787-4194
norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

John Fagan, Ph.D.
CEO and Chief Scientific Officer
Genetic ID
Fairfield, IA
641-472-9979
info@genetic-id.com
www.genetic-id.com

Bill Freese
Friends of the Earth
Washington, DC
301-985-3011
billfreese@prodigy.net
www.foe.org

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Michael Hansen, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Consumer Policy Institute
Consumers Union
Yonkers, NY
914-378-2452
hansmi@consumer.org
www.consumersunion.org

Margaret Mellon, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Environment
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
202-223-6133
mmellon@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Phillip Regal, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota, St. Paul
612-624-6751
regal001@tc.umn.edu

Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org



GE and Gene Flow

Joy Bergelson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
773-702-3855
j-bergelson@uchicago.edu

Norman Ellstrand, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
909-787-4194
norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

Allison Snow, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Ohio State University
614-292-3445
snow.1@osu.edu
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~asnowlab/home.html


GE and New Toxins

John Fagan, Ph.D.
CEO and Chief Scientific Officer
Genetic ID
Fairfield, IA
641-472-9979
info@genetic-id.com

www.genetic-id.com

Michael Hansen, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Consumer Policy Institute
Consumers Union
Yonkers, NY
914-378-2452
hansmi@consumer.org
www.consumersunion.org


GE and Horizontal Gene Flow

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Michael Hansen, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Consumer Policy Institute
Consumers Union
Yonkers, NY
914-378-2452
hansmi@consumer.org
www.consumersunion.org>

Terje Traavik, Ph.D.
Professor of gene ecology
School of Medicine, University of Tromsö
Scientific Director
GenÖk-Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology
+47 776 44379 (office)
+47 95 8175 37 (mobile)
terjet@genok.org

terje_traavik@hotmail.com
www.genok.org


GE and Antibiotic Resistance

Michael Hansen, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Consumer Policy Institute
Consumers Union
Yonkers, NY
914-378-2452
hansmi@consumer.org
www.consumersunion.org

Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Board Member
Council for Responsible Genetics
Cambridge, MA
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard
Medical School
Assistant in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, Assistant in Neurology (Pediatrics), McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, Center for Morphometric Analysis-Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital-East, Charlestown, MA
617-724-5920
herbert@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
or mherbert1@partners.org
www.gene-watch.org

Margaret Mellon, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Environment
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
202-223-6133
mmellon@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Vivienne Nathanson, M.D.
Director of Professional Activities
British Medical Association
+44 20 7383 6111
vivn@bma.org.uk
www.bma.org.uk



GE and Position Effects

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Michael Hansen, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Consumer Policy Institute
Consumers Union
Yonkers, NY
914-378-2452
hansmi@consumer.org
www.consumersunion.org


Bt and Non-Target Insects

Miguel Altieri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Associate Entomologist
Department of Environmental Science
University of California, Berkeley
510-642-9802
agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu

David Andow, Ph.D.
Professor
Insect EcologyDepartment of Entomology
University of Minnesota/St.Paul
612-624-5323
dandow@umn.edu

Fred Gould, Ph.D.
Professor of Entomology
North Carolina State University
(919) 515-1647
fred_gould@ncsu.edu

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org


Bt in Soil

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Guenther Stotzky, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
New York University
212-998-8266
gs5@nyu.edu



Bt Crops - Gene Flow

David Andow, Ph.D.
Professor
Insect EcologyDepartment of Entomology
University of Minnesota/St.Paul
612-624-5323
dandow@umn.edu

Ignacio Chapela, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
510-643-2452
510-643-2952
Ichapela@nature.berkeley.edu

Norman Ellstrand, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Department of Botany & Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
909-787-4194
norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org

Margaret Mellon, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Environment
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
202-223-6133
mmellon@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Allison Snow, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Ohio State University
614-292-3445
snow.1@osu.edu
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~asnowlab/home.html

LaReesa Wolfenbarger, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology
University of Nebraska at Omaha
(402) 554-2405
lwolfenbarger@mail.unomaha.edu
http://www.unomaha.edu/~lwolfenb/


Monarch Butterflies

David Andow, Ph.D.
Professor
Insect EcologyDepartment of Entomology
University of Minnesota/St.Paul
612-624-5323
dandow@umn.edu

Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
New York, NY
212-505-2100
Becky_Goldburg@environmentaldefense.org
www.environmentaldefense.org


Environmental Risks of GE Rice

Claire Hope Cummings
2001 Food and Society Fellow
Food and Farming Forum
San Rafael, CA
foodandfarming@ecoisp.com
www.foodandsocietyfellows.org

Bill Freese
Friends of the Earth
Washington, DC
301-985-3011
billfreese@prodigy.net
www.foe.org

Doug Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
The Center for Food Safety
International Center for Technology Assessment
Washington, DC
202-547-9359
Doug@icta.org
www.centerforfoodsafety.org



Environmental Risks of GE Animals

Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
New York, NY
212-505-2100
Becky_Goldburg@environmentaldefense.org
www.environmentaldefense.org

Margaret Mellon, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Environment
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
202-223-6133
mmellon@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org



Environmental Risks of GE Fish

Rebecca Goldburg, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
New York, NY
212-505-2100
Becky_Goldburg@environmentaldefense.org
www.environmentaldefense.org

William Muir, Ph.D.
Professor of Genetics
Department of Animal Sciences
Purdue University
765-494-8032
bmuir@purdue.edu
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~bmuir/

Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org



Sustainable Agriculture as an Alternative to Genetic Engineering

Miguel Altieri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Associate Entomologist
Department of Environmental Science
University of California, Berkeley
510-642-9802
agroeco3@nature.berkeley.edu

Charles Benbrook, Ph.D.
Agricultural Economist
Former executive director of the board on agriculture at the National Academy of Sciences
Sand Point, ID
208-263-5236
Benbrook@hillnet.com
www.biotech-info.net

Matt Liebman, Ph.D.
Professor, Agricultural Ecology
Iowa State University
(515) 294-7486
mliebman@iastate.edu

Margaret Mellon, Ph.D.
Director, Food and Environment
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
202-223-6133
mmellon@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Jane Rissler, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist/Deputy Director
Food and Environment Program
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, DC
202-223-6133 ext. 119
jrissler@ucsusa.org
www.ucsusa.org

Peter Rosset, Ph.D.
Global Alternatives Associate
Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA)
Berkeley, CA
510-540-5006
rosset@globalalternatives.org
http://www.globalalternatives.org



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