GE mosquito company Oxitec has admitted a major risk of its technology – reducing one mosquito species may increase the numbers of a second disease-carrying species […]
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GE mosquito company Oxitec has admitted a major risk of its technology – reducing one mosquito species may increase the numbers of a second disease-carrying species. […] More than 270,000 people have raised concerns over the US FDA’s review of Oxitec’s planned release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida. […] This article, written by an entomologist and mosquito vector control expert, argues why genetic modification of mosquitoes is no answer to mosquito-borne diseases. […] This report explains why the proposed field release of GM diamondback moths in New York is fraught with flaws, risks, missing safeguards and insufficient regulation. […] GeneWatch UK briefing summarizing the concerns related to GM mosquitoes. […] This report warns that GM insect factories could spread antibiotic resistant bacteria into the environment, posing a risk to human health. […] Recent research from Panama raises questions on the strategy of releasing GM Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in a bid to control dengue, given the close similarities it has with another mosquito species, Aedes albopictus. […] The U.S. is considering an application for the field release of GE Diamondback moths in New York State. However, analyses by GeneWatch UK find several serious gaps in the assessment. […] Civil society groups have expressed alarm at an increase in dengue incidence, leading to an emergency decree, in a town in Brazil where releases of GM mosquitoes are taking place. […] |
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