The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just cleared MosquitoMate, Inc., a Lexington, KY based biotechnology company, focused on mosquito control deficiencies, invasive mosquito species, and important vectors of human diseases, to release it’s bacteria-infected mosquitoes in 20 US states and Washington DC.
First released on Nature.com,
On 3 November, the agency told biotechnology start-up MosquitoMate that it could release the bacterium Wolbachia pipientis into the environment as a tool against the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Lab-reared mosquitoes will deliver the bacterium to wild mosquito populations.
The decision - which the EPA has not formally announced - allows the company, which is based in Lexington, Kentucky, to release the bacteria-infected mosquitoes in 20 US states and Washington DC.
The University of Kentucky explains their roll in fostering the science behind MosquitoMate, along with the understanding of how this technology works.
According to David O’Brochta, an entomologist at the University of Maryland in Rockville, “It’s a non-chemical way of dealing with mosquitoes, so from that perspective, you’d think it would have a lot of appeal. I’m glad to see it pushed forward, as I think it could be potentially really important.”
The company’s lab-grown mosquitoes, which it calls ZAP males, are a non-biting, male Aedes albopictus (Asian Tiger mosquito) that carries a bacterium called Wolbachia. As explained on the company’s website, Wolbachia “is common throughout insects worldwide, with scientists estimating that over half of all insects naturally carry the infection”. When bacteria-infected males mate with unaffected females, it causes the females to become sterile.
The 20 approved states are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia, as well as Washington, DC.
The push for MosquitoMate has been in response to mosquitoes carrying Zika and other deadly diseases. The ‘War on Zika’ began earlier this year with 20,000 MosquitoMate mosquitoes released in the Florida Keys targeting wild females that carried Zika. In July, Fresno, California stepped it up a notch and released 20 million MosquitoMate mosquitoes in the name of ‘combating Zika’.
In the video below, Fresno, California officials admit mosquitoes in the area are not actively carrying dangerous diseases such as Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya, but for all intensive purposes they want to “stay ahead” of the curve...
However, few have focused on the Risks of Wolbachia mosquito control and in one shocking development this is uncharted territory. Sciencemag.org makes a very good point “few have focused on the probability of Wolbachia strains being transferred to other insects and the potential environmental and economic impacts .” The article goes on to say Wolbachia strains are capable of being transferred across horizontally among distant related arthropods. In addition, some parasites are able to carry Wolbachia strain to other species. The article makes another great point, of the actual shift of a Wolbachia host to native species is complex and poorly understood.
Since Wolbachia strain is found in nature and not genetically modified. MosquitoMate is not applicable to The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety- a United Nations safety regulation for transfer, handling, and use of genetically modified organisms signed by 170 countries. As far as we are aware, there are no countries that have regulation on Wolbachia infected organisms, so this is a first, hence uncharted territories.
The Event Chronicle asks: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- What if the mosquitos are sorted incorrectly? Do you really think that out of 20 million mosquitos, nary a biting female will get through the sorting process?
- What if the Wolbachia mutates? Something that is not harmful now could morph into something far worse than Zika.
- What if scientists believe that this gives them innate permission to conduct “field studies” of other things? Oh…wait. Apparently, they already feel they don’t require our permission to turn our neighborhoods into test facilities.
Zikbola here we come
never forget
whites are recessives
and anything
engineered to attack africans
will lead to their
own
annihilation
At this point it does look like the African genome has been voted off the planet. That's a lot of free space over there.
This is just so fucked up.
All deep blue states.
Blankets for the dindus?
Shit Tennessee's on the list...
When are they going to release the mosquitos carrying the anti-virus for liberalism?
After this release their numbers will go down quite a bit.
Planned Parenthood 2.0
I'm sure they've thought of everything, nothing to see here.
and with good reason.
and with good reason.
What could go wrong?
If they kill all the mosquitos, Will probably destroy a good chunk of the ecosystem. What do their predators eat when they are all dead? How far up the chain does that go? I grew up in swamp land in Wisconsin, I get the hate thing. These programs are for the eradication of a species. How does this go well long term?
Exactly. We might find mosquitos to be only a pest, but another species probably relies on the little bastards as an essential food source. Look out for unanticipated consequences.
Like bats.
and dragonflies... and Blue Marlins... Oh Well... had to end sometime.
"Intensive purposes." Really? REALLY?!
Intents and purposes.
Really inspires faith in the wisdom of the author when they commit that to print doesn't it. Let us hope we can some day nip that one in the butt : )
I hate playing the role of grammar cop, but sometimes ya gotta do it. Supposably ;)
http://www.dictionary.com/e/for-all-intents-and-purposes-for-all-intensi...
Yeah, I cringed when I read that knowing now I can’t link back to this article as that would just reinforce the wrong image on those that would follow to read and see the source (ZH).
Indents and Porpoises
Nip it in the "bud".
Killing off 95% of humanity could be considered an intensive purpose.
Talking head: So, Dr. Kripin, you've discovered the cure for cancer.
Dr. Kripin: Why yes, yes we have.
Bes see's tiger mosquito and thinks Africa...lol.
"They afta the blacks & browns agin!"
They used to be against the colored. Is looking like they just want to kill everyone that disagrees with them in todays world. Yet they keep developing the nasty crap in the colored countries. In the name of aid and saving them...... I could never make this shit up, watch WHO in Africa and the shit that sprouts up around them every couple of years.
When I hear 'tiger' I think of Asia, not Africa. I haven't any idea where tiger mosquitos originally came from, nor do I care. Only ones that might show up in my yard concern me.
These maroons with god like know it all attitudes should be shot. The survival of man kind depends on it. Everything they come up with kills more people! Karma is a bitch!
To the PTB.
Playing god will get your wings clipped, and corraled into the Pit.
Genetic meddling is NOT ok.
Transhumanism is NOT ok.
Messing with free will is a MASSIVE sin that will be dealt with swiftly. (You know what I mean).
We are watching and waiting.
Flick the sustainability switch.
Go for it.
Do it.
We double dare you.
You sir are a fucking idiot.
i would counter, you sir:
1. don't understand genetics
2. don't understand our feeble nature to manipulate it
3. underestimate mother nature's robustness against genetic defects
4. refuse to recognize reality, and
5. would like to commit or sanction genocide...
so be gone.
full fucking stop
I would wager that modern geneticists could develop microbes that attacked people based on specific genes, such as those that code for high levels of melanin. Or perhaps they could go after albinos or people with blue eyes. Long ago Robert Heinlein wrote a novel that explored the possibility of using radiation to attack specific racial groups.
Better living through science!
Race specific bio weapons are easily achieved.
Where it gets really interesting are personality/intelligence specific ones, as those factors also have a genetic component.
I don't give a shit of the consequences. I hate those fucking things. Kill 'em all ....
There you have it, ancaps are just as bad as Maoists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gcMzST69VE
Are we still talking about mosquitoes?
WWhat could possibly go wrong.. ..... ... . ...
Andromeda strain?
Bingo... Zika is fake, they’ve weaponized Ebola and Lyme “disease” is another bioweapon they have unleashed upon the general population. The eugenics de-population business is going full throttle.
Zibola!
Export it to KSA.
Ridiculous.
Can we do something similar with blacks?
University of Kentucky? Did the mosquitos mate with their cousins?
Yes, the cousin is named Gypsy Moth.
Yes, thats how you get a Paris Hilton or a Pee Wee Herman.
Oh wait, they were born in New York.
The mosquitos have been transmitting weaponized infectious diseases for awhile. Not as effectively as the ticks, but they are still vectors. Better to kill people slowly and quietly with very difficult to diagnose infections, draws less attention.
"Check theater listings in your area."
I mean, isn't this a horror movie plot?
I just downloaded the movie from ThePiratebay.
Spoiler alert: It involves zombies.Giant fucking mutant zombie mosquitos.
that's when I stuck my proboscis in her
I won't miss this world when I'm gone...