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nick9000 t1_ivgmcez wrote

Reply to comment by bossonhigs in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

Aedes aegypti is not native to the Americas (the clue is in the name). Even if this species was totally eliminated there (which it won't be) it would only be undoing a messing with nature previously done by humans.

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