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US drops billions of flies on Mexico, Texas
The US government is preparing to release billions of sterilized flies over southern Texas and Mexico in an effort to stop ...
U.S. prepares to airdrop billions of flies to combat a devastating enemy: “It’s fantastic technology”
In a move that sounds like science fiction, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA) is gearing up to begin a decades‑old ...
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Radiation-sterilized flies to the rescue! U.S. battles deadly screwworm threat with biotech blitz
The United States is preparing to carry out a bold and surprising plan to fight a deadly threat — flesh-eating maggots. Flesh-Eating Maggots Threaten Livestock and Wildlife These maggots are the ...
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U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest - NBC News
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot ...