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The FDA just greenlit releasing mutant Zika-killing mosquitos in Florida
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Posted on 08/05/2016 9:04:19 AM PDT by RummyChick
... On Friday, the FDA released a final environmental assessment of the trial, finding that it “will not have significant impacts on the environment.” The project, led by Oxitec, a biotech company that focuses on insect control, calls for the release of thousands of genetically engineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The lab insects are bred so that over time they could kill off much of the local mosquito population by passing on a gene fatal to any offspring they have with wild females.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: zika
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To: RummyChick
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:05:25 AM PDT
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Mr. K
(Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
To: RummyChick
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:05:25 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: RummyChick
I saw this movie.
It doesn’t end well.............
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08/05/2016 9:06:10 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:06:28 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
Ah, a well thought out FDA/EPA plan. What could go wrong?
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08/05/2016 9:06:33 AM PDT
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super7man
(Madam Defarge, knitting , knitting, always knitting)
To: BenLurkin
yeah....they did just real great with their Ebola response here.....
The answer is DDT and nothing but that.
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:06:35 AM PDT
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Gaffer
(Paint your face, gird yourself and stand with your backsides to the enemy.)
To: RummyChick
There is no problem so great, the government cannot make even worse.
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:06:40 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: RummyChick
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08/05/2016 9:07:33 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: RummyChick
They’ve been trying to get people panicked about Zika, so this may help them.
To: RummyChick
What could possibly go wrong?
To: RummyChick
Enviro nuts will soon chant “save the Zikas!”
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08/05/2016 9:10:17 AM PDT
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proust
(Trump / Pence 2016!)
To: Donglalinger
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08/05/2016 9:11:21 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUQ2IMuz8o
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:14:10 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
Didn’t zika show up after these same GMO bugs were released in South America?
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08/05/2016 9:14:53 AM PDT
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Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: RummyChick
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:15:53 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
Obama's Army
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08/05/2016 9:16:55 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
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posted on
08/05/2016 9:17:39 AM PDT
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RummyChick
("...Americans think Trump is running 2 help America &Hillary is running 2 help Hillary" ~Ben Shapiro)
To: RummyChick
Okay boys.....go to it....it’s summer....it’s humid and the girls are waiting....No condoms necessary...
To: RummyChick
biotech company that focuses on insect control, calls for the release of thousands of genetically engineered male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.I think I've seen this movie already.
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08/05/2016 9:18:43 AM PDT
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mykroar
(Democrats in 2016: The party of genitalia, real or imagined.)
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