Pandora's box opens a little wider...

Beestie · 01-22-2004, 06:27 AM

Designer insects? **

Mosquitos used to transmit vaccines?
Flys bred to insure their offspring die?
Insecticide resistant bees?
Silkworms that produce pharmaceuticals?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, what if the mosquitos acquire an even deadlier disease and transmit that also?

What if a decrease in the fly population disrupts the food chain or leads to an increase in bacteria?

What if the bees we can't kill start acting funny?

How long before the Department of Defense figures out how to use insects to transmit stuff to an enemy?

Who's watching over all these experiments?

How long before an "experimental batch" of these "things" escapes into the wild?

Not that I'm worried or anything.

** Registration to the Washington Post may be required but its quick and not too invasive.

01-22-2004, 06:27 AM	#1
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Pandora's box opens a little wider... Designer insects? ** Mosquitos used to transmit vaccines? Flys bred to insure their offspring die? Insecticide resistant bees? Silkworms that produce pharmaceuticals? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, what if the mosquitos acquire an even deadlier disease and transmit that also? What if a decrease in the fly population disrupts the food chain or leads to an increase in bacteria? What if the bees we can't kill start acting funny? How long before the Department of Defense figures out how to use insects to transmit stuff to an enemy? Who's watching over all these experiments? How long before an "experimental batch" of these "things" escapes into the wild? Not that I'm worried or anything. ** Registration to the Washington Post may be required but its quick and not too invasive. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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