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.
Give me an example.
No truth to that at all. Zika has been known for 100 years. It’s moving northward, however, as human population has grown and migrated. Zika is not a government project. Don’t be stupid.
Just like everything else first its really good best thing that ever happened then 20 years later oops we killed 100s of 1000s of people but yet nobody is held accountable.
FED CANT EVEN LEAVE SAND ALONE UP NEXT GENETICALLY MODIFIED SAND !!!
Zika is a myth to cover up a new poison being used. That said, anytime the world can have fewer mosquito borne diseases in the world, I support it.
They already imported the Asian Beatles that supposedly were going to rid farmer’s crops of certain other bugs BUT the beatbles ended up being a much bigger problem as they really didn’t have any natural predators to keep their populations in check.
Mess with nature and you change the natural balance and harmony within nature.
Weren’t these in Hunger Games?
Please give me an example, James.
Heres an example… chemotherapy
I know at least a dozen cancer patients that have survived because of chemo. Don’t blame the chemo because cancer is a killer. Chemo doesn’t kill the patient. The cancer does.