Scientists from Oxford-based Oxitec are releasing GM insects in the US for first time in a bid to end diseases like dengue, Zika and malaria.The thousands of lab-grown mosquitoes hatching in humid gardens across Florida’s tropical Key West next week will be blissfully ignorant of the controversy they have caused.
Billboards have already begun appearing near busy motorways in protest of their arrival, with one splashed with the words “risky, unnecessary, unwanted” aside a giant picture of the blood-thirsty insect.
The creatures are the creation of Oxitec, a Bill Gates-backed biotechnology company based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.entrepreneur.com/amphtml/371072
I don't see this ending well.
I was unaware of this .... just one more damaging thing he’s done to add to his already long list. He just seems to love mucking with nature and people in ways that are harmful. Bill is not God, but he’s acting like he thinks he is - as you said, I don’t see this ending well either, from several perspectives.
I live in Florida.
When it comes to zapping mosquitos, I wish Bill Gates the greatest of success.