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Would it be wrong to eradicate mosquitoes?


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Half of the global population is at risk of a mosquito-borne disease.

Still, there might be unintended consequences in eradicating Mosquitos. 

Perhaps they help with pollination more than we realize?

So a better solution might be to genetically modify the mosquito populations to resistant to carrying disease. 

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