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.
Wtf !!!!!
Messing with nature is the problem even if the genetic modified mosquitoes would help control the diseases they carry but in nature that can go into reverse at this point messing with insects like mosquitoes is like messing with the creation that God made which you are still asking for trouble this could backfire on the mosquitoes causing problems that we can’t know 100% about.
More waterhead babies to come!
NO MORE CAREER POLITICIANS! OUR COUNTRY IS CORRUPT! TRUMP ALL THE WAY!
Jackie Boyd U.S. Army 82-85
The last time they tried this garbage all we got were LOVEBUGS. Remember how well that garbage worked out
Right. I mean LOVEBUGS definitely didn’t do any harm. Right???
FROM WHAT HAVE READ IN MY SCIENCE MAGAZINES THIS COULD BE A SAVIOR IN PART.
They better get to work on that wall but only make it out of mosquitoe netting
Your argument is meaningless, Michael.