Scientist fight plant to release gene-hacked mosquitoes in TX, FL.
Scientist fight plant to release gene-hacked mosquitoes in TX, FL.
Tags: Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)D. Robitzski, Futurism, 2020.
Over the next two years, the biotech company Oxitec plans to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas in an attempt to stop the spread of diseases like dengue and Zika.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already approved the plan — but a group of biologists, ecologists, bioethicists, and sustainability researchers writes in an article for The Conversation that they’re concerned about the lack of oversight for the effort to effectively hack the ecosystem.
