Environmental groups are being forced to take the morally precarious path of arguing against technology that could save the lives of millions of poor people.  The population of sub-Saharan Africa accounts for more than 85 percent of all the world’s malaria cases, and loses at least 750,000 people a year to the disease.

Scientists can introduce a genetically modified mosquito that will essentially neutralize a virus from spreading via its normal network..in many cases through mosquito bites.

But what is the risk to the environment?    Mankind doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to trying to outmaneuver mother nature.

via Making a Less Malevolent Mosquito | Newsweek Science | Newsweek.com.