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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

It only wipes them out in the area of release. Because they’re sterile, they can’t spread to other regions.

From what I’ve seen they’ve only been used on introduced mosquito species which are less likely to have much impact on native ecosystems anyway. Most of the mosquitoes that live in cities are introduced cosmopolitan species.

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