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.
Teresa Daugherty Easton Madam Currie would argue that point…Mam
This is absolute nonsense. You really have no knowledge of the Zika virus, do you. It’s symptoms have been recorded for hundreds of years. It was always thought to be sexual transmitted but that was never conclusively proven until recently. It is not a man made creation. You must steer yourself from your pseudoscience and instead read true scientific studies. Consider the WHO as a starting point. Keep your heads out of the trashcan.
Well stan the fact that you live in chicago tells it all.You probably don’t think the global elites are trying to kill us either.Ever wonder why our immune systems are nowhere near what they used to be 100 years ago.If it had been like this the whole time we wouldn’t have survived as a species!
It has been around since the beginning of man……just because they DISCOVERED it in 1949 doesn’t mean that is when it showed up. Ugh
Already there
The World Health Organization is an agency of the United Nations. The UN is globalist HQ.
Stan Marciniak science is what has gotten us to this place phoney diabolical science ! Seeks to destroy humanity Satan is alive and working through these scientists
I know this virus is bad but, Does anyone remember how we got killer bees? Man made them….have we not learned our lesson? What will be the consequences? Kudzu in Georgia was placed to help hill side erosion, but being a non-native plant, it has taken over and is now a problem….why do we keep doing these things?
Read the book…elementary.
When the government or huge corporation says its safe and not to worry……assume the opposite and “unforseen” consequences