While the EPA approved the plan, the company still needs approval from the individual states. However, there has been some criticism.
“When you disrupt an ecological system whether it’s a small disruption or a big disruption, you’re going to have an impact,” said Dana Perls, a program manager at Friends of the Earth, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental advocacy group.
“Once you release these mosquitos into the environment, you cannot recall them,” she said. “This could, in fact, create problems that we don’t have already.”
Perls says that without confirmed data about the rate of disease transmission from the Aedes aegypti mosquito, it’s unclear if the genetically-modified mosquitos will behave the way Oxitec predicts.
Per Katu:
Among potential concerns, Perls says a hybrid species could be created that is difficult to eradicate, or another type of mosquito could simply take the place of the Aedes aegypti. She feels there needs to be a better system in place for monitoring the engineered species before releasing it.
An invasive species of mosquito, called Aedes aegypti, first appeared in California in 2013. In 2020, it also appeared in Florida for the first time in 75 years.
Although they account for a relatively small portion of the total mosquito population in those areas, they reportedly cause a large number of cases of human disease, and are known to be particularly aggressive when it comes to biting people.
Oxitec has genetically engineered roughly 2.4 million male (meaning they don’t bite) mosquitos to contain the number of Aedes aegypti.
The male mosquitos have a “self-limiting” gene that causes the population to die out over time. The idea is that they will mate with the invasive female species, “mediating a reduction of the target population as the female offspring of these encounters cannot survive,” the company said.
This method was also carried out in 2021, when Oxitec released 144,000 genetically-modified mosquitos in the Florida Keys as part of a pilot project, which the company describes as “a success.”
Oxitec also stresses that the new mosquitos will not harm other “beneficial insects,” like bees and butterflies.
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Stupid! This world did well without Gates treating Mother Earth like his personal playground to experiment with anything while knowing mankind is in the equation, IMO!
Heck "NO" this should not be allowed, and for what, to eradicate the other man-made nonsense they did? Whose buying this BS? In fact, this sounds like criminal intent of sorts judging from Labs that released Covid-19 as been reputed, etc., IMO! So, the masses don't trust Billionaire's playing God, or any funded labs Globally, and IMO, for good reasons! What if any Tom, Dick, or Harry, created critter's to release just to see if cause & effect works at the peril of mankind? Balance, God did a great job already!
We are witnessing the present colossal mess from created Technology on steroid's, from experimenting with animal diseases to jump to humans, from dangerous missiles and other Military toys used by countries to threaten other's with; Why can't those people be stopped and laws applied to do so?
Now one wonders, are our processed foods made to cause immune disorders, slow deaths? Many think so, and have turned to eating more non-processed foods, but now the big boys have tainted our soil as reputed, right? Or just choose a jab or four or five with God knows what in it?
We must save our soil!! More people need grow their own foods! What happened to using horse manure, chicken poop, natural ingredients in soil instead of cancer causing chemicals & horrific used chemical sprays? The masses must fight to have checks and balances for accountability over those that seek to experiment using their man-made created diseases, plagues, and created crisis shortages, IMO! There is plenty for everyone, and propaganda is used to make us think otherwise, IMO! A few mess up things, and fix it by creating more messes, what is up with this?
What if Gates, other's, did herbal gardening remedies, or natural organic soil in mass amounts like composting using wig-worms, etc.? What if, they are demanded to cease experimenting on mankind, remember Hitler loved experimenting too, right? The more we hear about predictive models for simulations, insane lab experiments, war's and famine, we now know it's all orchestrated, IMO; God's wrath will come on those whom mocked God.
No wonder they wanted small farms to disappear, considered hobbies, and then try buy up land to control narrative about food shortages, IMO! Control, more corporations, control taxes on already taxed once before purchases, control on human-beings with less people living on planet Earth, what a movie by diabolical minds! Masses need take back their control over living life without interference's from Frankenstein's roaming, right?? Obviously, sick of hearing about any experiments that are abnormally conducted, in my opinion. Money could be better spent on real issues, not on any created crisis done deliberately, or on purpose for an Agenda, IMO!
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