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Mbu Milioni 32 Wenye Ugumba Kuachiliwa Marekani Kupambana na Magonjwa
Inaripotiwa kuwa Google inajiandaa kuachilia mbu milioni 32 waliotengenezwa maabara na wasioweza kuzaliana katika maeneo kadhaa ya majimbo ya Florida na California nchini Marekani. Mpango huo unalenga kupunguza idadi ya mbu wanaosambaza magonjwa kama Dengue Fever na Zika Virus Disease.
Mradi huo unatumia mbu dume waliokuzwa maabara ambao hawawezi kuzaa. Wanapopandana na mbu jike wa porini, mayai yanayotokana na muunganiko huo hayatatotolewa, jambo linalosababisha idadi ya mbu kupungua taratibu kadri muda unavyopita.
Wataalamu wa afya na mazingira wamekuwa wakijaribu mbinu kama hizi katika maeneo mbalimbali duniani kwa lengo la kudhibiti mbu bila kutumia viwango vikubwa vya viuatilifu.
Tahadhari: Maandishi haya yanasema "Google" ndiyo inahusika na mradi huo, lakini miradi ya kuachilia mbu wenye ugumba au waliobadilishwa kisayansi imekuwa ikihusishwa zaidi na kampuni za teknolojia ya kibayolojia na taasisi za afya ya umma. Hivyo, ni vyema kuthibitisha chanzo cha taarifa hiyo kabla ya kuichukulia kama taarifa kamili.
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Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.
As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping into its tech expertise to raise an army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower the number of illness-spreading bugs. Mosquitoes – the world’s deadliest animal – kill more people than any other creature in the world every year by spreading lethal diseases such as dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya and malaria.
A notice from the federal register shows the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing Google’s request to release up to 16 million mosquitoes annually, in Florida and California, over the span of two years. The EPA will decide whether to greenlight Google’s request for an experimental use permit after a public comment period, which ends on 5 June.
Source The Guardian
Inaripotiwa kuwa Google inajiandaa kuachilia mbu milioni 32 waliotengenezwa maabara na wasioweza kuzaliana katika maeneo kadhaa ya majimbo ya Florida na California nchini Marekani. Mpango huo unalenga kupunguza idadi ya mbu wanaosambaza magonjwa kama Dengue Fever na Zika Virus Disease.
Mradi huo unatumia mbu dume waliokuzwa maabara ambao hawawezi kuzaa. Wanapopandana na mbu jike wa porini, mayai yanayotokana na muunganiko huo hayatatotolewa, jambo linalosababisha idadi ya mbu kupungua taratibu kadri muda unavyopita.
Wataalamu wa afya na mazingira wamekuwa wakijaribu mbinu kama hizi katika maeneo mbalimbali duniani kwa lengo la kudhibiti mbu bila kutumia viwango vikubwa vya viuatilifu.
Tahadhari: Maandishi haya yanasema "Google" ndiyo inahusika na mradi huo, lakini miradi ya kuachilia mbu wenye ugumba au waliobadilishwa kisayansi imekuwa ikihusishwa zaidi na kampuni za teknolojia ya kibayolojia na taasisi za afya ya umma. Hivyo, ni vyema kuthibitisha chanzo cha taarifa hiyo kabla ya kuichukulia kama taarifa kamili.
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Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.
As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping into its tech expertise to raise an army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower the number of illness-spreading bugs. Mosquitoes – the world’s deadliest animal – kill more people than any other creature in the world every year by spreading lethal diseases such as dengue, West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya and malaria.
A notice from the federal register shows the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing Google’s request to release up to 16 million mosquitoes annually, in Florida and California, over the span of two years. The EPA will decide whether to greenlight Google’s request for an experimental use permit after a public comment period, which ends on 5 June.
Source The Guardian
