by Humayun Kabir
Free Malaysia Today

SUNGAI SIPUT: The use of laboratory mosquitoes to fight dengue may turn out to be a catastrophic mistake, according to Sungai Siput MP Dr D Jeyakumar, who is a respiratory physician.

The biggest danger, he said, was that the release of large numbers of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes into the environment could cause the transformation of the mosquitoes themselves or some other insect in some unanticipated manner that might be difficult to control.

Last Dec 21, the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) secretly released about 6,000 GM male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at a forest near Bentong to test their flight range and ability to survive in the wild. The field test was announced only late last month.

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