GM mosquitoes offer malaria hope .

GM mosquitoes offer malaria hope. Genetic engineers take the first step towards disarming mosquitoes
that carry malaria. [BBC News: sci/tech]

The article ends with the sentence, “Such moves may well be opposed by environmentalists.” In fact, the use of these mosquitoes would certainly be opposed by ecofreaks, just as they oppose the use of DDT. Ecofreaks don’t mind at all if two million children die each year of malaria, so long as the genetic purity of insects is preserved.