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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 months agoWe have the ability to severely curtail the mosquitoes that bite humans. And yet we don’t bother. https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html
minus-squareUnrepentantAlgebra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoThey have released them in several places, even in the US surprisingly. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxitec Sounds like it only recently got regulatory approval, and then there has to be some testing at each location before release.
We have the ability to severely curtail the mosquitoes that bite humans. And yet we don’t bother.
https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/mosquito-control/genetically-modified-mosquitoes.html
They have released them in several places, even in the US surprisingly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxitec
Sounds like it only recently got regulatory approval, and then there has to be some testing at each location before release.