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Millions of GMO insects could be set loose in Florida Keys
Associated Press ^ | Jan 25, 2015 11:36 AM EST | Jennifer Kay

Posted on 01/25/2015 9:42:05 AM PST by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 01/25/2015 9:42:05 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What could go wrong?


2 posted on 01/25/2015 9:43:16 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the fascists.)
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t this what big pharma uses Africa for?


3 posted on 01/25/2015 9:48:13 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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We are turning into Africa. Close the damn borders!!


4 posted on 01/25/2015 9:50:29 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Uh, no. I’d rather they allow us to use DDT instead. That said, I’d probably feel better using GMO insects designed by the Brits than the our government’s own GMO bugs. Sad.


5 posted on 01/25/2015 9:51:14 AM PST by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: blackdog

Humans are getting more stupid every day.


6 posted on 01/25/2015 9:51:30 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Olog-hai

Bite Me! Sometimes you gotta take a little risk. So long as I’m not one of the first 10K to get it, or during the first five years. That may be enough time to see any negative side effects. As long as I’m first aware of it (the oncoming bite) that condition is nonnegotiable.


7 posted on 01/25/2015 9:53:07 AM PST by lee martell
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8 posted on 01/25/2015 9:53:10 AM PST by Bratch
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Did we forget how to spray DDT?


9 posted on 01/25/2015 9:54:27 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Exactly ... what could go wrong?


10 posted on 01/25/2015 9:55:42 AM PST by CapnJack
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sadly, that question never seems to cross their pointy little minds... even in the face of many lessons on just how delicate the balances of different ecosystems can be. The smallest, and seemingly innocuous of changes can have incredibly long reaching, negative impact.

Dear Lord, grant us wisdom, to use along side our intelligence.
Tatt


11 posted on 01/25/2015 10:04:11 AM PST by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: thesearethetimes...

Just because you CAN do a thing doesn’t mean you SHOULD.


12 posted on 01/25/2015 10:05:54 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the fascists.)
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To: Olog-hai

Won’t it be impossible for anything to stay GMO free if this kind of stupidity starts?


13 posted on 01/25/2015 10:08:34 AM PST by grania
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

if you want to mess around with the planet, go to Mars and terraform it.


14 posted on 01/25/2015 10:09:14 AM PST by GeronL
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To: Bratch

Heh!
I was kinda expecting a pic from 1954’s “Them,” but Grundlefly works just as good.


15 posted on 01/25/2015 10:11:56 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
What could go wrong?

Animals that replicate by the billions? Nothing.

16 posted on 01/25/2015 10:14:42 AM PST by Defiant (Please excuse Mr. Clinton for his involvement with young girls. --Epstein's Mother)
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My first question is: are they sterile?


17 posted on 01/25/2015 10:19:39 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Olog-hai

It worked so well with Africanized bees.


18 posted on 01/25/2015 10:22:18 AM PST by tbpiper
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This looks like a great application of GMO.

Mosquitoes are not food, so there is little concern with poisoning the food supply or with a mono-crop of mosquitoes causing a mosquito shortage. (Unless you believe an abundance of mosquitoes is critical to the ecosystem.)

And this technology replaces insecticides. I am far more bothered by a government crony getting $ billions to force-medicate me with their patented insecticides.

The main risk is that something goes wrong and we get a super strain of Killer Mosquitoes.


19 posted on 01/25/2015 10:23:35 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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There are other concerns, like mosquitoes such as this being consumed by bats (who are vital pollinators) and affecting the bats’ health in some way. That would affect the food supply.


20 posted on 01/25/2015 10:29:35 AM PST by Olog-hai
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