GMO Mosquitos is not a new show on FX, but rather reality that may be coming to the Florida Keys in the very near future. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that is responsible for the spread of the Zika virus, has been found in Florida, and thus the push to get these genetically modified mosquitoes released has become of utmost priority, for some.
Oxitec, the British producer of the GMO mosquite, is pushing for the release as well. CEO, Hadyn Parry said, “This mosquito is non-native to the US and difficult to control, with the best available methods only able to reduce the population by up to 50 percent, which is simply not enough.”
The rising risk of a mosquito infestation and disease outbreak presents an opportunity for one British firm, Oxitec, which has developed a method for breeding Aedes aegypti that kills mosquito larvae, AP reported.
According to Oxitec’s website, the process involves injecting a “lethal gene” into either the male sperm or female egg that eventually kills the offspring, according to Truth and Action.
However, not everyone is on board, as some residents of the Keys have collected 160,000 signatures to petition against the release. There has been bitter opposition by those who are staunchly againt the “genetic modification industry”.
Read more regarding the release of the insects and those fighting against it on the next page.
Zika was found int he deep jungles of Africa and was NOT a venereal disease or acted as such, it was found 60 years ago, now 60 years later and on a completely different continent it appears out of nowhere in conjunction with GMO Mosquitoes, funny that.
Jackie Boyd it was found in Africa, not in South America and its spread has coincided with the release of GMO Mosquitoes.
ABSOLUTELY, I agree 100% !!
Horrible
What could go wrong??? Hundreds of bad SciFi movies give you some ideas…
The virus doesn’t encourage anything – that’s the person’s decision.
This will help reduce the population, and has worked locally in Brazil. The more accepted it is, the wider spread if can be deployed. Fewer diseases because fewer mosquitoes
Well Stan Marciniak. It seems to me that nature itself gave the viable alternative for millions of years. What is unviable and unsustainable are GMOs. After all, it HAS to have MAN to sustain them.
DDT is all you Need
Stan Marciniak. You mean like a GMO mosquito born virus that it may have mutated and now can be spread in a whole new way.