r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 23h ago

Biotechnology Burkina Faso says no to Bill Gates’ plan of creating modified species of mosquitoes

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/burkina-faso-says-no-to-bill-gates-plan-of-creating-modified-species-of-mosquitoes/xyk7xm8
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u/EA827 16h ago

Hi Bill, yeah, hey Pennsylvania checking in here, we’ll take the mosquito thing. Thanks

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u/0neHumanPeolple 2h ago

I use Summit mosquito bits. They are for standing water like birdbaths and such. It’s a bacteria that kills the eggs and larva of mosquitos only and is safe for everything else like frogs and birds. I tossed the grains around my yard and there have been zero mosquitos all year. Not even any in my rain barrel.

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u/EA827 1h ago

I don’t have any standing water, and neighbors don’t have any either (I can see their yards), but I am swarmed by those awful tiger mosquitoes. They completely ruin my yard, you just cannot be outside without bug spray

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u/King_Tamino 1h ago

Well. Set up a bird bath then?

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u/EA827 28m ago

I certainly could do that, if it would help?

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u/massiswicked 10m ago

Improving the environment for animals that will eat mosquitoes will help! Bird bath, lines/wire for dragon flies to rest on, and more will help. I’m not an expert but this is what I’ve done to great effect. And now I have more birds and dragonflies to look at!

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u/Aromatic-Explorer-13 53m ago

It’s a miraculous mosquito conception!!!! Crazy how nature is literally MaGiC is some people’s yard.

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u/EA827 27m ago

I know you’re being sarcastic, but I’ve legitimately put a lot of time into this and cannot find where they are breeding.

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u/Amazing-Mirror-3076 11m ago

They can travel up to five kilometres, depending on species.

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u/RachelRegina 14h ago

Cornell did one of the establishing studies and it's a stones throw from the PA border. Make a fund to finance a kid from your town's education there and hopefully they'll come back with the working knowledge.