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by proc0 1882 days ago
I'm nervous about this because it's not like living lifeforms don't have a track of adapting and overcoming evolutionary hurdles. I really hope it works as expected and they have contingency plans ready, because I'm sure they're not staying there if experiment fails.
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this worries me too:

"the EPA never asked Oxitec to conduct any caged trials — experiments that would show how well the mosquitoes perform in a controlled environment — before allowing the company to go ahead and send its insects out into the world."

that seems a bit nuts