DISEASE. TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE COME >> THE FLORIDA KEYS IS WEEKS
AWAY NOW FROM MOSQUITO SEASON
LIKE IT HAS NEVER SEEN.
>> THE PLAN TO RELEASE
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES
MEANT TO STOP BREEDING AND STOP
DISEASE THAT IS MOSQUITOES
SPREAD LIKE ZIKA AND DENYGA.
I HAVE HAD DENYGA IT IS AWFUL.
>> BARRY RAY IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FLAV KEYS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, CRITIC
OF THE PLAN SET TO LAUNCH NEXT
MONTH.
HE IS JOINING US FROM AISLE
MARAD RAT TAWHERE WE WISH WE
WERE THERE WITH YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>> VERY GLAD FOR BEING ON THE
SHOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE FROM
THE BEGINNING.
THIS IS NOT A FLORIDA KEYS
ISSUE.
IT IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
MOSQUITOES TRAVEL.
MOSQUITOES.
THIS IS A VERY CONCERNING
SUBJECT.
MOSQUITOES TRANSFER DISEASES.
I AM SORRY TO HEAR MICHAEL YOU
WERE VICTIM OF THIS.
BECAUSE IT IS A PAINFUL DISEASE.
THEY CALL THAT BREAK BONE FEVER.
>> I KNOW WHY.
>> I HAVE PERSONAL FRIENDS THAT
HAVE HAD IT TOO.
WE ALL WANT TO BATTLE
MOSQUITOES.
AND ALL FIX THIS PROBLEM.
BUT THIS METHOD.
THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE
INTRODUCED THIS PRODUCT IS IN
BASICALLY OFFICE GATED.
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS INSIDE
OF THE MOSQUITO.
ZERO INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS
CORROBORATED ANYTHING VENDOR
SAID.
WE HAVE HAD YEARS AND YEARS TO
DO THIS.
AVOIDED IT.
PUT IT OFF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
HISTORY.
THEY HAVE A VERY DUBIOUS PAST
WHERE THEY RELEASE MOSQUITOES.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED.
WITHOUT TELLING YOU.
MANY PLACES.
>> BARRY LET ME ASK YOU A
QUESTION OR TWO.
SO THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD.
OBJECTION TECH, IS THE COMPANY.
TRACK RECORD.
BRAZIL.
KAY MEN.
NOT THE CASE HERE IN KEYS.
YEARS OF AWARENESS IN KEYS.
TRACK RECORD IS GOOD ONE FOR
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.
SO THE QUESTION HERE IS.
TALKING ABOUT DENGAY.
IS THIS KIND OF STERILIZATION
PROGRAM IS WHAT YOU CAN CALL IT
WITH GMO MODIFIED MOSQUITOES.
IS THIS BETTER, PERHAPS, THAN
SPRAYING PESTICIDES DAILY.
WHICH HAPPENS.
OR CONTRACTING THOSE DISEASES?
CAN YOU COME TO TERMS WITH FACT
THIS MIGHT BE A FIX ALTHOUGH NOT
ONE THAT IS PERFECT.
BETTER THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING
NOW.
>> LETS BE CLEAR.
THAT IS A FALLACY.
NOT RULE.
YOU WILL NOT REACH -- THEY DO
NOT PROMOTE, THIS ASK THEM.
WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF
OBJECTION TECH IS DOING.
TO SAY THEY HAVE HAD SUCCESS.
FAILED EVERYWHERE THEY HAVE
BEEN.
LOOK AT THE CAYMAN.
WE HAVE 127 PAGES OF E-MAILS
FROM CHIEF SCIENTIST DOWN THERE
HAS SAID THEY CHEATED ON THEIR
SCIENCE RESULTS.
STILL PROMOTE THEY HAD A
96 PERCENT SUPPRESSION THERE,
NEVER ACHIEVED ABOVE 61 PERCENT
SUPPRESSION.
TELL ME HOW THEY GOT THAT TO
WORK.
>> GOOD QUESTION.
AND NOT INFORMATION WE HAVE
SEEN.
SO WE WILL FOLLOW-UP TO THAT.
>> EXACTLY.
WE CAN PROVIDE IT.
>> IN STATE OF FLORIDA YOU HAVE
SIGN OFFS FROM THIS FROM CDC.
EPA.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
FROM STATE AGRICULTURE.
I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT
BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE STATE
AND NATIONALLY.
AND THEY SAID IT WAS OKAY.
>> YES, THEY DID.
THEY DID NOT LOOK AT IT.
RESTATE WHAT I SAID TO BEGIN
WITH.
THERE IS ZERO INDEPENDENT
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION INTO
THIS PRODUCT.
YOU ARE TAKING VENDOR CLAIMS AND
VENDOR SCIENCE AND READING IT.
AND SAYING THAT LOOKS GOOD TO
ME.
YOU GO ON.
THAT IS WRONG.
THAT IS NOT HOW ANY SCIENTIST
PROCEEDS.
I AM A SENACTIVITY I HAVE A
MASTERS IN ELECTRO ENGINEERING.
NEVER PLANNED TO BE A BIOLOGIST
OR GENETIC YEAR.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU CLEARLY ON
18th OF MARCH.
AT 5:30 p.m.
ISLAMORADA WILL HAVE FOUR
EXPERTS, AND ONE HEAD OF GENETIC
ENGINEERING AT NC STAY.
ANOTHER MICROBIOLOGY PROFESSOR
AT HARVARD.
AND TWO OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO
PRESENT AND PLANE THAT THEY DO
NOT WANT THESE MOSQUITOES
RELEASED UNDER THE VIEW THAT EPA
DID.
BECAUSE IT IS INSIGNIFICANT.
INSUFFICIENT.
IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH INTEREST AND ECOSYSTEM
INTEREST.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE RECOGNIZED EXPERTS.
>> CAN YOU GIVE THAT, FOR
EVERYONE LISTENING THAT MIGHT BE
INTERESTED.
GIVE THAT INFORMATION ON 18th.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS VILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA
COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WILL BE 5:30 p.m.
THEY HAVE HYBRID MEETING.
SO THERE CAN BE SOME PEOPLE
PRESENT.
BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE ONLINE.
MUCH LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS.
>> WE WILL -- EXCUSE ME.
WE WILL SEE TO IT WE TRY TO
COVER.
THAT SOUNDS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BARRY THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> COULD I MAKE FEW MORE POINTS
BEFORE YOU GO?
>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
I BEG YOUR PARDON.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, BECAUSE OF
OUR TIME, I DON’T WANT YOU TO
FEEL SHORTCHANGED BUT I WILL
CONNECT WITH YOU AFTER THE
PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.