Photos from open sources The most striking thing is that mutant mosquitoes can appear here this spring for the most commonplace reason: their They want to bring it here and let it out.
It is such an amazingly irresponsible way to deal with tropical diseases (chikungunya virus and dengue fever) suggested by scientists. Moreover, representatives of the British company Oxitec, which deals with mutant insects, assure that environmentally friendly This is a completely safe operation. And go to her Americans forced by the fact that the fight against mosquitoes pathogens with pesticides no longer brings no results: the insects quickly get used to them.
We decided to try to destroy mosquitoes with biological methods. Male mutant mosquitoes, according to the idea of scientists, will mate with by females, and such offspring will die at the stage of larvae.
However, other scientists, say Food and Water Watch, have expressed concern that this could lead to unpredictable the consequences. For example, mutated mosquitoes take root in nature, and what comes out of it is not clear. How will people respond to bites of such insects are scary to even think.
Moreover, even if mutants destroy all available in America yellow febrile mosquitoes, then to the vacated place without fail others will come, and they are likely to become Asian tigers mosquitoes from which the population of Panama suffers today. This is the most aggressive of the insects on the earth, which also carry West Nile virus, dengue fever and many others illnesses.
But the biggest danger in this case is the launch itself. mutant insects, which are still unknown whether they will die, and if not die, they may begin to spread throughout the world, and what will they bring to our planet in this case? So from this a rash step may affect not only America but the whole Land.
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