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.
Madame Curie died from radiation exposure, one of the experimental treatments she was studying. And there is absolutely no truth to your false science surrounding polio. There is only one polio virus and it was the polio vaccine that brought the scourge to an end. There were no polio impersonating illnesses of which you speak. And there is absolutely no truth whatsoever that a virus causes cancer. A virus can weaken the immune system, or even kill you. But virus does not cause cancer. That’s nonsense.
If its so great, why do other countries refuse GMO foods? You probably don’t even eat it. All organic for you I bet. Cram it GMO poster boy.
Propaganda magazines. Full of lies.
Chemotherapy has never cured anyone.
Linda,you’re no different than all the other sheeple here. You freely condemn, but offer no solutions. None. You are so wrong I don’t know where or how to begin. At some point in your life you will look back and realize how foolish you were today.
So I wait patiently for your solutions to the zeka virus, cancer treatment, and global hunger. You have all the answers.
Or will you just throw more childlike insults at me.
Stan Marciniak we don’t need or want GMO food with the dangerous pesticides. We should go back to old farming methods that worked very well. We need healthy organic food. Get rid of Monsanto. They will do anything for money even if it kills people.
At the turn of the 20th century, farmers were harvesting 30 bushels of corn per acre. Following improved cultivation and farming methods, they doubled the yield to about 60 bushels after WWII. With GMO they are yielding almost 200 bushels p.a.
Global populations are expected to reach 10 Bil by 2030. There is no possible way we can feed 10 Bn people without GMO. Conventional, legacy plant stock is insufficient. And organic is not what you think it is. You need to read up on what constitutes “organic” per USDA definition. You may be disappointed.
The Zika virus symptoms have been reported and recorded for a hundred years. We did NOT have electron microscopes or the medical technology to isolate and classify all known viruses, though we knew they existed. The first AIDS death was reported in the mid-60s, though HIV was not identified and classified until 1981 when the virus was isolated.
Zika has reared up before in Brazil, though this latest outbreak starting in 2014 has claimed far more victims than it had in the past. Viral outbreaks are unpredictable.
Finally, the similarity to yellow fever, west nile, malaria and dengue is only in the manner in which it is spread – through the mosquito. There is no genetic similarity among these viruses. The effects of each of these viruses is unique.
The Op-ed article in the NYT is fine if you are interested in a broad brushed explanation of what Zika is about. But you need to delve deeper into the science and the research, things that the NYT is not designed to provide.
Stan probably works for a company like Monsanto. Or he is a lobbyists or works for big pharma. I do agree on the need to feed the population in the future….however, pushers of GMO foods know it will bring more disease and death therefore lowering the population rather than feeding it. GMO pushers like to twist that around to make it look like they are saving the planet and the people. B******t….its about thinning the herd. Getting rid of the useless eaters.
Big pharmacy makes too much money on cancer to ever admit there are cures available now. GMO food brings sickness, more money for big pharma through useless treatments and population control. Americans aren’t all stupid Stan. Those behind these programs are those making the money. GMO food have caused suffering all around the globe. Loss of farms through patent scams, farmers not allowed to save seed for the next years crop, lawsuits from huge corporations the farming families have no hope to fight.
Yep….give the people$#%&!@*food that makes them sick. Force them to purchase health care with huge premiums (mine doubled after obamacare) Feed them full of way overpriced drugs that keep them sick but just well enough to somewhat function. Then they die before their time, therefore thinning out the useless eaters and way overpopulated baby boomers.
Lastly…. Any company that lobbies and spends millions of dollars to insure GMO labeling be stopped so the public does not know what is in their food, HAS SOMETHING VERY BIG TO HIDE.