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Concerns Raised about Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes
New York Times ^
| Oct 30, 2011
| Andrew Pollack
Posted on 10/31/2011 2:12:46 PM PDT by dubyagee
Researchers on Sunday reported initial signs of success from the first release into the environment of mosquitoes engineered to pass a lethal gene to their offspring, killing them before they reach adulthood.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: genetics; insects; science
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:12:53 PM PDT
by
dubyagee
To: dubyagee
I wish they would stop messing with Mother Nature!
2
posted on
10/31/2011 2:15:25 PM PDT
by
Saundra Duffy
( For victory & freedom!!!)
To: dubyagee
I hate Mosquitoes, but that is one scary concept.
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:15:25 PM PDT
by
mad puppy
(Obama Care is a 'Giffen Good'.)
To: dubyagee
I wish they would stop messing with Mother Nature!
4
posted on
10/31/2011 2:15:42 PM PDT
by
Saundra Duffy
( For victory & freedom!!!)
To: dubyagee
Playing God and they’re concerned. Duh.
5
posted on
10/31/2011 2:15:49 PM PDT
by
dubyagee
("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
To: dubyagee
What could possibly go wrong?/S
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:16:39 PM PDT
by
9422WMR
To: dubyagee
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:17:58 PM PDT
by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
(Want to make $$$? It's easy! Pimp your blog for hits on Free Republic!)
To: dubyagee
I wonder if I can use my pup’s Frontline on my kids? I think that works for Mosquitos.
8
posted on
10/31/2011 2:19:54 PM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Happiness is a choice)
To: killermosquito
Ping!
Looks like some folks are out to get your kind. ;^)
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:20:14 PM PDT
by
SZonian
(July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
To: dubyagee
Here’s a cheaper, more effective solution: DDT. Rachael Carson is responsible for the deaths of millions.
10
posted on
10/31/2011 2:22:35 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: Saundra Duffy
11
posted on
10/31/2011 2:26:16 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
(If you demand perfection you will wind up with leftist Democrats)
To: dubyagee
My favorite insect, the beautiful and helpful dragonfly, dines mainly on mosquitoes. What, then happens to to them - and on up the chain/
Why do these aas*holes think they know better than nature?
Tunnel vision, combined with grant monies for any cockamamie idea you can come up with, will kill us all one day.
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:27:36 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(ALWAYS WATCH THE OTHER HAND)
To: dubyagee
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:30:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dubyagee
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:32:05 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, "Paradise Lost")
To: dubyagee
“The Agriculture Department, meanwhile, is looking at using genetic engineering to help control farm pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly, or medfly, and the cotton-munching pink bollworm...”
Now if they could just do something about the Moonbats...
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:33:49 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: maine-iac7
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:35:58 PM PDT
by
dubyagee
("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
To: ez
Yes. I used to take the book of Revelation as highly symbolic...less and less these days, however.
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:37:24 PM PDT
by
dubyagee
("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
To: ez
And so it begins...
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:39:01 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
(Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
To: dubyagee
Yes. I used to take the book of Revelation as highly symbolic...less and less these days, however. Fascinating and frightening, isn't it.
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posted on
10/31/2011 2:53:48 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, "Paradise Lost")
To: Dumpster Baby
Hmmm, democRAT in ecstasy.
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posted on
10/31/2011 3:28:40 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They vote twice, we'll vote three times. AND DONATE TO FR MORE!)
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