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MEDICAL: DISEASES: ZIKA VIRUS :
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MOSQUITOES :
POLITICAL CONFLICT AND DISAGREEMENT:
Florida Keys Split on Using
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to Fight Zika
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Florida Keys Split on Using
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes to Fight Zika
Genetically altered insects may be able to reduce populations of the
species
By Rachel Bluth and Emily Kopp
Kaiser Health News
November 12, 2016
Houston Chronicle
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/
article/Florida-Keys-split-on-using-genetically-10610558.php
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Voters in a Florida county were at odds on a ballot referendum this past
Tuesday about whether to allow the first trial of mosquitoes genetically
engineered to reduce populations of the species that spreads Zika.
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That species, the Aedes aegypti, lives in homes and is difficult to root
out with insecticides. In addition to Zika, they spread yellow fever,
dengue and chikungunya.
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In Key Haven, the town where the trial could be conducted, more than 65
percent of voters rejected the plan. In Monroe County, which includes Key
Haven, more than 57 percent of voters said yes to it.
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The ballot measure, sometimes referred to as a "straw poll," is
nonbinding. A decision on the question will be made by the Florida Keys
Mosquito Control District Board, which is scheduled to meet Saturday to
discuss the poll results and the results of five other surveys the county
has conducted.
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Oxitec, the company that developed the experimental mosquito," is owned by
Intrexon Corp., a biotechnology firm focused on synthetic biology.
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If the trial proceeds, the Britain-based company's mosquitoes would be
released three times a week over the small peninsula. Key Haven has just
1,000 residences and a single gas station. The native mosquito population
is insulated by seawater and the island's main highway, making for a
perfect trial location, Oxitec said.
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In the trial, the mosquitoes will breed with native females, the ones that
bite. Both the genetically engineered insects and their offspring carry a
fatal gene, and die quickly. Over time, the population would thin out.
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"We're very happy with the results," Mosquito Control Board Chairman Phil
Goodman said of the Monroe County vote. He thought Key Haven voters got
bad information about the safety of the trial and expects the board will
approve a trial, but somewhere else in the county.
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