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.
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seriously people wake dafuq up science is not always the TRUE answer, nor is technology. use your brains and think
messing with nature has literally always been the problem
I believe the zika virus is made by the elite to kill us what better way to spread it than mosquitoes or have trucks spraying it saying they are spraying for mosquitoes!!!
Bad idea. Do they know the unintended consequences of this?
This always works ~ Michael Crichton
Don’t mess with Mother Nature. It ALWAYS backfires !!
Lol!!! Gmo mosquitos!! Lmao. They’ve been around a time before gmo
Some people are rather ignorant. Man has been genetically engineering for thousands of years. Only the it was selective breeding of dogs, cats, corn, etc and killing of unwanted offspring. GMO is just a much faster method of getting to a desired outcome. It’s not the scary, end of mankind scare tactics some espoused.
it’s also the excuse for GMO trojan mosquitoes
and GMO Humans figuring out a way to protect from them 🙂