Exnihiloest wrote:Oxitec has received authorization from the environmental protection agency to release millions of genetically modified males (GMOs) every week.
GMO mosquitoes breed with their wild cousins
In Brazil, hundreds of thousands of transgenic mosquitoes, genetically modified so that their offspring do not develop, have been disseminated in the environment. A study published in Nature shows that these GMO mosquitoes have had fertile offspring with wild cousins. The researchers therefore show the ineffectiveness of the technology in the fight against dengue fever but also point to potential risks.
https://www.infogm.org/6859-moustiques- ... s-sauvages
Ps: These are not the same GMOs, but they are the same technology, made by the same company: Oxitec
So already, it does not work and in addition (it is in your article, translated):
Is it time to reassess the risk assessment?
However, it is difficult to assess how the EPA regulators have weighed and considered public comments and how much evidence used in the final risk determination has been provided only by technology developers.
We are concerned about the closed nature of this risk assessment process.
There is a potential bias and conflict of interest when experimental testing and ecological risk assessments lack political responsibility and are carried out by or in close collaboration with technology developers.