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by coldpie 3546 days ago
This has been pretty extensively studied. There's always the possibility the science is wrong, but the consensus is there will be very small or no ecological impact[1]. It's certainly nothing like removing all the kelp from the oceans. Meanwhile roughly a million people die every year from mosquito-borne diseases and three quarters of a billion people get sick[2].

[1] http://debugproject.com/faqs/

[2] http://www.ebmedicine.net/topics.php?paction=showTopic&topic...