Millions of GMO mosquitos to be freed....

[YALE]

I'm for giving this a go but the critics are right that they are underplaying the risks. How do you prevent genetic mutation which is part of the basic reproduction system of any living animal, insect, or bacterium. It is that capacity for mutation that creates an undefinable risk.

Again, I'm not sayin' they shouldn't do it. Just properly define the risks and address it..

That's like saying mutation will never happen outside of a lab, or that all mutations stick. Mutations happen all the time in nature, particularly in insects. The vast majority of new mutations don't lead to much immediate noticeable difference in a population.

[CJ]

No more mosquito bites!

[mstng86]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad

Just an example of us messing with shit we shouldn't be messing with.

[YALE]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad

Just an example of us messing with shit we shouldn't be messing with.

We already move mosquitoes all over the globe. Ships dump their ballast tanks almost indiscriminately.

[line-em-up]

Don't worry. You have nothing to worry about.

[no4njnk]

Maybe I am an outlier but I grew up in NE Houston where you got bit every time you went outside. Over the course of 18 years living there I became immune to the bites, heck most of the time I don't even feel them bite me.

[95ragtop]

If there is a chance to keep dengue and chikungunya out of here, go for it. I've seen what both of these diseases do and it is horrible.

[Nash B.]

Maybe I am an outlier but I grew up in NE Houston where you got bit every time you went outside. Over the course of 18 years living there I became immune to the bites, heck most of the time I don't even feel them bite me.

It isn't about the bites. It's about what the bites can transmit.

[Baron Von Crowder]

It isn't about the bites. It's about what the bites can transmit.

The males dont bite.

[slow99]

This Ebola shit is airborne and gonna kill everyone.

[Nash B.]

The males dont bite.

So I've read.

[matts5.0]

People need to stop being afraid of GMO's for the same reason they need to stop being afraid of vaccines.

This, because the government said so! Because I read a scientific study, paid for by the government, about how they are good! I also am smarter than you, and critical thinking is for conspiracy theorists.