Local officials are still working to apply insecticide by air, trucks, and crews.

  • Capricorny90210@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I remember reading they were experimenting with genetically modified mosquitoes to lower the population. I wonder what’s going on with that.

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      1 year ago

      The company that made the mosquitoes are still running pilot studies that are apparently showing promise. They haven’t published their exact results, but they are trying to be transparent with the locals so they do webinars to update them on their results. Here’s a link to a webinar they gave a few months ago: https://youtu.be/gdYSLKDUD38