BREAKING!! What could possibly go wrong? Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida

god will, they are playing with fire

It's not the scientists. I don't mind doing closed experiments along these lines.

It's the politicians who approve the release who are the problem. The problem is that politicians believe their own bullshit, and actually think they are smart and wise, and capable of making the best decision in every circumstance.

took the words right out of my keyboard.

I come across this attitude often. It is always held by students who don't know anything about a subject, but are certain they understand a subject completely, and become very irate if you assert a fact that conflicts with their invalid, inflated perception of their own expertise.

So, I'm guessing High School senior?

Uncertainties

The scientists involved say the strictest safeguards are in place. However, there is uncertainty about the lasting effects GM insects would have on ecosystems, public health and food safety once released. For instance:

1. Spread of Transgenic Traits: The success of some GM insects is contingent on the ability of fertile GM insects to replace wild insect populations and become established in the environment. Release of fertile GM insects increases the potential that transgenic traits could spread throughout the insect population, potentially making pre-existing pest problems worse or creating hitherto unforeseen and altogether new challenges.

2. Unintended Consequences: It is also possible that GM insects released to control the spread of disease could actually have the unintended consequence of enabling an insect to more effectively spread disease or even carry a human disease it was never before able to transmit.

3. Food Safety: There is the possibility that modifying the genetic composition of food-making insects such as honeybees could alter the composition of the honey they produce, potentially creating a food safety concern at one level and a human health hazard at another.

All of these uncertainties need to be carefully addressed by regulators both domestically and worldwide prior to the introduction and release of GM insects into the wild.

Hopefully it doesn't turn out worse than the mosquito eater experiment. A couple years ago, Florida scientist released a bug that was designed to eat Mosquitos, but the only thing these bugs did was have sex and reproduce for 2 months out of the year.w You can search the bugs by their name, lovebug. The worst part about these bugs is that there are millions of them. Your car will be covered in dead bugs and they eat away at the paint. When will these scientist learn not to mess with Mother Nature?

My personal opinion is that this is a cover story - in reality, they are probably releasingd mosquitoes into the florida keys in order to SPREAD dengue fever. Remember, they want to kill most of us off - we are, after all, just a bunch of useless eaters, according to them.

Even if they really were trying to stop the spread of this fever, why aren't they releasing these mosquitoes into the areas that actually have this problem? Why the US? And, even if they are ostensibly doing what they say they are doing, what are the consequences, as others have said, of tampering with a species that impacts other species, since we are all interconnected?

^ An actual thinker ^

We have those damn things in Texas too.
Gawd, there was a plague of Biblical proportions of them a few years ago.

Wrong. I graduated long ago - valedictorian. I'm a college graduate w/ a science degree.

Funny how you try to give me shit (without actually addressing my points), but you let it slide when people use Jurassic Park as a basis for their beliefs or say unbelievably stupid shit like, "Maybe the mosquitoes will make us sterile when they bite us!"

You people have zero understanding of genetics and are apparently quite proud of it.

The fact that you probably teach English or German to pimple-faced punks doesn't mean shit.

Scariest words in the world “I’m from the government, I am here to help”



I cannot think of a single time that introducing something in to the environment that was not there before worked. Let alone something genetically modified.

Going to be another huge mistake.

Mosquitoes are part of a food chain. In other words, every single thing affects EVERYTHING else. And that's why you don't fuck with nature. So my question is, what will happen to animals that feed on these modified mosquitoes???

Then there is KUDZU--the vine that ate the South!

Imported from Japan to stop soil erosion.

It did but it's almost impossible to eradicate once it gets started and will grow a foot a day.

YOu're still a dumbass. Go troll somewhere else like DailyKos. I've seen plenty of people like you and they turned out to be total douchebags just because they graduated at the top of class and have college degree.

Newsflash - it doesn't mean shit in the real life.

Yep. My first thought... would the bats get less food? We have shitload of it in central Texas living under the bridge.

Nice "argument" you guys love to keep things personal instead of addressing my points.

I'd stick around, but unlike some of you losers I have to go work.

If this was not voted on, it should be considered an act of war. Biological attack.

Dont be sheep.

Could they do this w/ people? Soon?

Demand a refund, you were robbed.

Right, because all scientists start work at 1pm on Fridays.

kill ALL MOSQUITOS!!!!

u know they have bio weapon mosquitos....

Yeah.
And level the Amazon rain forest while we're at it.
Fucking trees and shit get in the way of good parking spots.

ZOMBIESSS

It's only a matter of when, not if...

i always wondered why they couldnt carry the aids virus and "if they cant" shouldnt we find out why?

Why would you question your Masters wisdom?? You shock me.

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I certainly hope so, I could accept a few types going extinct.

This

They dip their suckers into your skin and the imbedded Nano-cam in the numbing protein malfunctions as you are logging into Lolicon.com... Think of the jobs lost in the Canadian Maple Syrup Hand Cream Sector when the CIA cancels those orders. Bad,very Bad

Last Edited by Lips Of Lucifer on 12/07/2012 03:41 PM

Geez ...I wonder if they tested this on humans before they infected the mosquito.........

MAYBE...The infected female mosquito after being infected by the genectically mutated male - will bite a person and mutate the person it bites....