Florida residents claim ‘pest control trial’ that will release up to a BILLION genetically engineered mosquitos in the Keys to reduce species carrying diseases is ‘TERRORISM’
Trials of the first-ever US release of genetically engineered being this week
Florida has been chosen due to its influx of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
This species, which comes from Brazil, carries Zika and other diseases
The modified mosquitoes pass a specific protein to females during mating
This ensures female offspring do not survive the next generation
However, residents are furious about the ‘live experiment’
Some are saying the release of up to a billion is an act of terrorism
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2021 - Florida releases one BILLION genetically engineered mosquitos in the Keys to reduce species carrying diseases
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fish, dragonflies and other creatures are dying of starvation in the Florida Keys
Messing with DNA, what could go wrong?
Wow.
I was stationed in Key West long, long ago and the skeeters were terrible!
A truck sprayed the area most nights (don’t know with what) to kill them.
But, this does sound like a good start to a horror movie...