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RedditAcctSchfifty5 t1_ivhduq4 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

It's one of the most solid facts of science that the extinction of Mosquitoes, specifically, would have zero effect on the food chain, population of other species, or any other natural process.

This has been settled fact for something like 30 years.

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bossonhigs t1_ivhenwn wrote

I don't like settled science and it's promoters. Settled science was DDT, PCB safety, teflon, uranium as health wonder, mercury as a cure etc...

I like science evolving and scientists questioning and proposing thesis.

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