Millions of GMO mosquitos to be freed....

[racrguy]

People need to stop being afraid of GMO's for the same reason they need to stop being afraid of vaccines.

I don't understand this. Better stop those who do from doing anything. Brb.

[JC316]

Isn't that kinda like saying, "Let's just start using leaded gasoline again... I didn't have to worry so much about denotation in my carbed car back then."


(I'm not arguing for mutant skeeters... just playing Devil's advocate)

Please, DDT isn't half as dangerous as the shit we already use. The main reason it was banned was because of a book published by some tree hugging bitch that thought it was killing off the bald eagle and peregrine falcon populations.

The research into human toxicity is slim as shit, there are very few actual studies on the cancer causing properties. 90% of the chemicals in my freaking garage are more toxic than DDT. On the other hand, the malaria rates drop by a very significant amount when it's used.

IMO, follow the money and you will find the reason. How many illnesses do mosquitoes carry? And how much money goes into the treatment of these illnesses?

[YALE]

Please, DDT isn't half as dangerous as the shit we already use. The main reason it was banned was because of a book published by some tree hugging bitch that thought it was killing off the bald eagle and peregrine falcon populations.

The research into human toxicity is slim as shit, there are very few actual studies on the cancer causing properties. 90% of the chemicals in my freaking garage are more toxic than DDT. On the other hand, the malaria rates drop by a very significant amount when it's used.

IMO, follow the money and you will find the reason. How many illnesses do mosquitoes carry? And how much money goes into the treatment of these illnesses?

No dude.

[JC316]

No dude.

Look it up, there is nothing definitive and there is barely any research into it. Even the fucking WHO endorsed it's use back in 06.

[YALE]

Look it up, there is nothing definitive and there is barely any research into it. Even the fucking WHO endorsed it's use back in 06.

I'm saying, there's no reason to not try these mosquitos. They aren't being spliced in with new DNA. They've had a gene turned off or modified that they already had. That's it. Technological innovation got us DDT, but it also allowed us to go past it, with stuff like manipulating DNA. We never need to go back. We only need to go forward.

[46Tbird]

[mstng86]

Fly's don't kill people
Human Fly's do

[YALE]

Fly's don't kill people
Human Fly's do

What are the flies and human flies in possession of?

[mstng86]

What are the flies and human flies in possession of?

my grammar, asshole!

LOL

[YALE]

my grammar, asshole!

LOL

Somebody has it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Look it up, there is nothing definitive and there is barely any research into it. Even the fucking WHO endorsed it's use back in 06.

[Sean88gt]

The fact that it is in Florida will only create certainty that shit will jump the tracks.

[no4njnk]

Sure they will somehow mate with the anaconda there and make a giant snake with wings and a huge sucker.

[YALE]

The fact that it is in Florida will only create certainty that shit will jump the tracks.

Guaranteed if any of the scientists are Florida natives.

[Sgt Beavis]

I'm for giving this a go but the critics are right that they are underplaying the risks. How do you prevent genetic mutation which is part of the basic reproduction system of any living animal, insect, or bacterium. It is that capacity for mutation that creates an undefinable risk.

Again, I'm not sayin' they shouldn't do it. Just properly define the risks and address it..