Ecologists warn of the release of genetically modified flies – Daily Online

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UPDATED: 28/07/2015 – 9:21

Keywords: fly, environment, biology, genetics

Source: agencies

London, 28/07/2015 (The People’s Daily Online) – A total of 18 European organizations in the field of environmental protection, biology and against genetic manipulation of species have warned of the “danger” that, in his view, represent the company plans to Oxitec free specimens of a genetically engineered olive fly, publishes La Vanguardia.

According to state these organizations, the British company has requested permission to release “flies to 1,825,000 AND mixture of marine organisms, bacteria, viruses and other insects “in an area close to Tarragona. “The intention of the company is to release up to 5,000 transgenic flies a week in Spain for a year near the city of Tarragona,” said the joint statement they have made them all.

To Janner Cotter, Doctor of the Greenpeace International Science Unit, is a “dangerous experiment” that “turn Europe into a outdoor laboratory”. “Insects do not respect borders, and sterility is never 100% effective.