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Genetically modified mosquitoes clear key hurdle for Key West test
Miami Herald ^
| Mar 11, 2016
| Jenny Staletovich
Posted on 03/11/2016 11:26:51 AM PST by Ray76
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Releasing into the wild is not a "field trial", it is "go live" with no possibility of rollback.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:26:51 AM PST
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Ray76
To: Ray76
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:29:10 AM PST
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Scrambler Bob
(As always, /s is implicitly assumed. Unless explicitly labled /not s. Saves keystrokes.)
To: Ray76
Yup.nothing can go wrong with this.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:29:41 AM PST
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EQAndyBuzz
(GOPe - Enriching the consultant class while selling out their constituents.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Always said that’s killer bees came from a manipulated lot..
To: Ray76
Didn’t I see this in a movie..................Doesn’t end well...........................
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:30:46 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Scrambler Bob
This is how the Zombie apocalypse begins...
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:31:17 AM PST
by
Hurricane Andrew
(There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
To: EQAndyBuzz
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:32:03 AM PST
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Ray76
so mosquitoes take over the general population of mosquitoes.
They all die off.
The animals that prey on mosquitoes no longer have prey, and so they die off OR start eating other species.
And so on, until everything up the food chain no longer has its prey. so they turn to humans
What could go wrong?
(would make a great sci-fi movie, huh?)
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:32:11 AM PST
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Mr. K
(Trump/Cruz 2016)
To: Ray76
Male mosquitoes are harmless.
Only the females require a blood meal after mating to lay eggs.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:32:20 AM PST
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goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: EQAndyBuzz
Liberals say we need more government to protect the environment from evil corporations.
But in practice, as long as it’s “for science”, the FDA will rubber stamp any retarded plan to play God that biologists come up with.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:32:33 AM PST
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20yearsofinternet
(Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:34:58 AM PST
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Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Ray76
This is how every Grade-B Sci-Fi movie starts...
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03/11/2016 11:35:17 AM PST
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Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: Ray76
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03/11/2016 11:35:41 AM PST
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SubMareener
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To: Ray76
Long time ago the gov’t got Kudzu from Japan (or wherever) to stop erosion in US.
Brother.
To: Ray76
Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is
The Genetically Modified British Killer Mosquitoes That Attacked Key West
To: Ray76
“Releasing into the wild is not a “field trial”, it is “go live” with no possibility of rollback.”
Bingo. FDA are nothing but sellouts!
How can they know there is “no danger” of introducing new genes into the wild? We have no ability to test for every possible interaction they will have in the environment.
Heck, I build buildings for a living and things routinely come up that we never thought of during design. Even in the simplest looking projects that get reviewed by designers with hundreds of combined years experience.
The biosphere is WAY more complex than any man-made structure and should not be messed with!
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:39:14 AM PST
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varyouga
To: EQAndyBuzz
Personally I welcome our new mosquito overlords.
To: Mr. K
Not sure anything lives exclusively on mosquitoes. There’s a lot of bug eaters out there, but they tend to eat everything they can get, and mosquitoes aren’t exactly the meatiest bug on anybody’s menu.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:44:38 AM PST
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discostu
(This unit not labeled for individual sale)
To: Ray76
The Sierra Club will be in court later to plead the case for the die off of song birds.
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posted on
03/11/2016 11:46:39 AM PST
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stocksthatgoup
(GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to you.")
To: EQAndyBuzz
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