Croatia: Tacking Fruit Flies With Nuclear Technology

United Nations, New York, January 2012 - Farmers in Croatia are using nuclear technology to tackle the Mediterranean fruit fly, a common pest that poses a serious threat to the country's lucrative fruit industry. The technique, also known as "birth control for insects", suppresses populations by breeding large numbers of males that are sterilized through radiation.

UNIA program # 1331

Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1331.pdf

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[POLlyy23]

I see godzilla flies in the near future:-)

[MsILOVEmilk]

will it affact the Bats, frogs, fish, etc. that already eat the fruit fies