Thousands of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released

[Hum]

Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes are awaiting federal approval for release into the Florida Keys as part of an experiment aimed at reducing the risk of dengue fever.

Mosquito control officials have requested the Food and Drug Administration's sign off on the experiment that would be the first of its kind in the U.S.

Officials are targeting the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes because they can spread dengue fever, a disease health officials thought had been eradicated in the U.S. until 93 cases originated in the Keys in 2009 and 2010.

The trial planned by mosquito control officials and the British company Oxitec would release non-biting male mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to pass along a birth defect that kill their progeny before reaching maturity.

Some residents of the tourist town of Key West worry though on how much research has been done to determine the risks of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes on the Keys' fragile ecosystem.

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[redvamp128]

This would be the way to alter them:

[Wyn6]

So it begins.

[Hum]

So all the creatures in the Everglades will die, in a food chain reaction ... ?

[Nothing Here]

So it begins.

Get ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

[ramonsjc]

Mayan calendar... :rofl: Mosquito's genetically modified by humans? WE ALL GONNA DIE!!! :omg:

[redvamp128]

So all the creatures in the Everglades will die, in a food chain reaction ... ?

Get ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

[Growled Member]

I think killing zombies will be fun. Provided I don't end up as a zombie myself.

[redvamp128]

I think killing zombies will be fun. Provided I don't end up as a zombie myself.

[Charisma Veteran]

Humanity isn't going to stop until it's completely ****** up Earth's ecosystem, is it?

[Hum]

^ Just a few more decades yet .... ;)

[+Warwagon MVC]

[Growled Member]

Humanity isn't going to stop until it's completely ****** up Earth's ecosystem, is it?

No. We just can't seem to stop ourselves.