[permaculture] [Fwd: Nonchemical Way to Control Mosquitoes]
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lflj at intrex.net
Thu Dec 20 20:42:58 EST 2007
Cecile Mills wrote:
> Dear Lawrence,
>
> That's one of the scariest articles I've seen since the one about much
> of Mexico's 150 species of corn being wiped out by GMO corn pollen that
> rendered them all sterile.
Thanks for your comments, Cecile.
Did this really happen?
> What is to prevent this DNA from getting loose through a mosquito bite
> and into us? Or other warm blooded animals?
It may be a molecular pesticide derived through the use of nanotechnology
or using nanoparticles as a delivery agent or vehicle.
>>The molecular pesticide concept allows scientists to design each
>>pesticide specifically for the targeted individual pest
>>species. It interrupts genes essential for insect survival, causing
>>the insect to die. This recently discovered
>>technology maximizes safety and minimizes environmental impact on
>>beneficial insects.
The key word here is "ninimizes".
>>In addition, molecular pesticides should be effective against pest
>>species that are resistant to conventional chemical
>>pesticides. Chemical pesticides ....often.... have an impact on the
The word is not "often" but _always_
>>physiological systems shared by humans, but this new method
>>only targets specific genes of the pest species. Molecular pesticides
>>can also be easily administered--by contacting the
>>insect externally.
If it is benign and at the same time works as advertised I'll believe it when I see it.
Of course it could be used exclusively in braod acree farming with trickle down to the garden centers
so the moronic twits will have a new garden fetish to obsess over.
I'm skeptical too. Hindsight is 20-20; we already know the effect of lawn and landscape chemicals
on people and the environment not to mention environmental repercussion of use of pesticides in large scale
agricultural production.
LL
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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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