Florida Keys, America – By the year 2021 and 2022
according to the news, local authorities on Florida Keys have approve the
release of 750 million GM mosquitoes in a hope to kill the population of
mosquitoes in the area that spread deadly diseases like dengue, zika, yellow
fever, and chikungunya. These GM mosquitoes are male mosquitoes.
The plan and activity is headed by Oxitec company
that invented a mosquito name OX513A wherein it will kill the mosquito
population in the area. The main target mosquito is the Aedes Aegypti which
said to be spreading the mosquito-originated deadly diseases. The plan has been
successful on Cayman Islands, Brazil, and Panama according to the news which have
95 % rate successful.
But the residents and the environmental groups are
worrying about it. The residents are angry that they don’t want to become a
guinea pigs and the environmental groups are worrying its effects on environment
and ecosystem.
“However, environmental groups worry that the spread
of the genetically modified male genes into the wild population could
potentially harm threatened and endangered species of birds, insects and
mammals that feed on the mosquitoes. "The release of genetically
engineered mosquitoes will needlessly put Floridians, the environment and
endangered species at risk in the midst of a pandemic," said Dana Perls,
food and technology program manager at Friends of the Earth,….. “(CNN)
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| Aedes Aegypti Mosquito ( image from Wikipedia website) |
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