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dustydeath t1_ivgk2cs 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

That is one of the advantages of this method, actually. It is species specific, as opposed to insecticides that kill lots of untargeted insects too.

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