florida is on high alert as health officials fight to contain a number of cases transmitted now by local mosquitos. a travel warning is in effect in a small neighborhood in miami. welcome to "fox news reports requesting" zika. i'm trace gallagher. the virus first arrived here through international travel. while there are more than 6,400 katss in the u.s. and its territories, the cdc says there is no epidemic. but the worry is devastating birth defects and particular sis in some adults, caused by a mosquito. our team of reporters with the latest facts. florida's battle against the dangerous virus is ramping up with an aerial assault spraying from airplanes where the zika virus hit with an insecticide to kill larva and adult mosquitos. the health department said it's limited a one-square mile of miami. florida is the only state to

report cases. another region to watch is harris county, texas. >> there's my trap. and in here, i should have mosquitos. see a couple. flying around. >> harris county, texas, which includes houston, is 1,800 square miles and the third most populous county in the u.s. >> health officials warn this city could become the epicenter of zika this summer. with a warm, muggy climate, it's an ideal habitat for mosquitos. and the diseases they carry. max vigilant is a county's mosquito hunters. he knows what attracts mosquitos to humans. >> we got some leftover. co2 in there. my trap has a light and it mimics a house, somebody in the living room. that is a level of intelligence.

comes to the trap with intention to get a blood meal, sucks into the net. >> we just just blindly spray. >> this doctor directs mosquito control for harris county. >> we go out and trap and collect mosquitos and when we bring them to the lab, we sort them, i.d. them and test them, see if they have west nile virus, dengue and soon zika virus, also. >> they have another big problem. remember, record rainfalls hit this region over the memorial day holiday putting neighborhoods under water. well, now that that started to recede, it left giant stagnant pools of water like this everywhere. absolute perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos. >> millions of people have died over the decades from dengue and yell row fever.

in this country alone since 1999. more than 15 people died from west nile virus and hearing more about zika than the others combined. why is that? >> the tragic-looking pictures of a deformed head in a baby that has a very bleak future of them strikes a cord. >> zika is spread by a mosquito bite. a mosquito bites someone and then bites someone else and gives zika. >> just one, a number of them? >> the main mosquito is what's called aedis egypti living indoors. it can breed in a drop of water. the eggs can last a year. it co-evolved with people so it's in our urban environment. and it bites mostly or only humans and it can bite four or five people taking a blood meal and basically engineered to spread disease rapidly.

it causes a range of problems and we expect to see green beret syndrome. >> what is it? >> particular sis, treated with medications. >> and people often ask, why didn't you all think this was really important decades ago? because if you look at the clinical syndrome of zika, it's relatively trivial in the context of serious diseases like deng ue and chick gundy until it was clear that pregnant women have a risk and a vulnerability. >> i have the honor to announce that the games of the 31st olympiad are awarded to the city of rio de janeiro! >> brazil is ground zero for the zika virus as officials here try to contain the outbreak, there

are real concerns with the olymp olympics, visitors spread it back to the u.s. and around the world. ♪ >> in 2009, rio de janeiro was chosen to be the host city for the 31st olympiad. since then, many have criticized the selection. >> let's face it. brazil is not -- it's not doing well these days. it has a ton of political upheaval. >> visitors arriving at the airport greeted by police demanding back wages for themselves and other emergency workers. brazilian government is in disarray with the president impeached, the economy in a slump and crime uncontrolled. and there's a super bacteria infesting some of rio's famous beaches. >> no one was thinking about mosquitos at the time or new mos i can to-borne disease. >> bio ethicist byron kaplan is

monitoring it. >> i said we should not hold the rio olympics or postpone them. >> he is not a lone voice. >> scientists, doctors called on rio to postpone or cancel the games. i take it probably not frivolous think thinkers. >> they're not. >> alarmists? >> no, they're not. >> are they wrong? >> it's an opinion. the o.h.o. and nih feel that on the data we know of the travel anyway, there's not sufficient reason to cancel. so it is the disagreement. i don't think it's right or wrong. these are intelligent people who have their opinion. we happen to disagree with them. >> the olympics are fantastic. not a better sporting event in the world. >> jim gray knows what it takes to put together the olympics. >> they give them seven years, not seven weeks.

you could not in way, shape or form organize, put together, have sven knews reedy. if an individual decides it is not in his best interest and that the threat is too great, to get passed that hurdle in their mind, then they shouldn't go. >> american cyclist tee jay withdrew because he was worried about the virus and his pregnant wife. hope so lo and serena williams were also worried and decided to compete. and golf is back as an olympic sport first time in 104 years. but big names from the pro tour including jason day, roir mcilroy and vi jay singh pulled out. it's a question of travel and olympics in perspective. >> we have more than 40 million visits from the u.s. each year to places where zika is spreading. olympics is a tiny fraction of

that travel. >> i don't like to use the word alarm but i do understand this is a serious disease and that good thing about zika is that we can really do something about it. if we collectively come together and really deny this habitat, this breeding grounds for the mosquito, we'll minimize the problem. just ahead, the medical battle plan to protect america from the invasion of the zika virus. plus, the story of the first baby born with zika-related birth defects delivered by one of our own here at fox news. stay tuned. at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. lease the 2016 es 350 for $329 a month for 36 months and we'll make your first month's payment. see your lexus dealer. every day is a chance to dop, something great.. and for the ones they love, they'd do anything. sears optical has glasses made for doing.

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>> zika is not like ebola. it's primarily transmitted through mosquitos, a very particular type of mosquito. new strains of mosquitos become resistant to the insecticides that we have. the methods we use aren't as effective as they used to be. >> this particular mosquito is very hard to kill. it lives and breeds indoors and outdoors. it bites during the day as well as the night. >> dr. tom freedan is director of centers of disease control in atlanta. >> it's 50 years that we identified the last germ that caused a birth defect. >> when you discovered that infection of zika virus of a woman can cause microencephaly, what was your response? >> it was disturbing. never before have we had a

situation where a mosquito bite could result in a terrible birth defect. the virus often doesn't cause symptoms and that's one of the things that makes it hard to criminal. >> what are those symptoms? >> zika causes rash, sore eyes, joint pains, fever. it is not very specific for zika. >> the zika virus has health officials here at the centers for disease control on high alert. at moment, it is presenting more questions than anyone has answers. and right now, there is no treatment or vaccine to stop it. tell me about this room that we're in here. >> this is our emergency operations center, watch desk. works 24/7/365. >> what do people do here? >> make sure that we're providing the best clinical guidance to doctors. >> when you talk about it being an emergency operation center, is this a monitoring center for the world? >> this is an action center. this is the nerve center to make

sure that we're protecting american pregnant women as effectively as we can. >> for women who want to become pregnant, they should avoid becoming pregnant for eight weeks after they return from a place with ongoing transmission. >> dr. denise jameson is chief of the cdc's women's health and fertility branch. why eight weeks? >> that is triple the amount of time we think the virus survives in the body, about two weeks and then odd on for the incubation period or the period of time from when you're exposed to when you show symptoms. >> we rapidly issued a travel advisory telling pregnant women not to go where zika is spreading. >> many countries are having transmission and puerto rico and some of the other territories so we're advising if you're pregnant or want to become pregnant, it is best not to visit these areas in. >> june, the cdc advised that

women should delay pregnancy. >> in the u.s., we have seen cases of sexual transmission from a man to his sexual partner. also if you're a man and you have traveled to somewhere where zika is spreading and your partner is pregnant, use a cond condom. >> but the concern has grown. the first case of female to male sexual transmission has been documented by the cdc in new york city. what is your time horizon in which you think we'll see zika infected mosquitos transmitting here? >> we know that summer is high season for this mosquitos and not sewurprised to see local cl earls in the united states. >> it's a red state plague, meaning the south, texas, alabama, florida, louisiana, georgia. the places of the hotter and longer summers. >> now the first outbreak in the u.s. involving local mosquitos of the zika virus has hit florida. >> if we do things right, we're not going to have an explosive

outbreak of zika throughout the united states. >> also working on the home front to stop zika from spreading on u.s. soil is dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases since 1984. >> we developed a vaccine for west nile that we proved was safe. we couldn't get a pharmaceutical company to partner with us because there wasn't that much of a perception of a threat in the united states and people wouldn't want to get the vaccine so why develop it? that's a very different story now because this is right up on everybody's radar screen. the pictures in the newspapers you see every single day of the tragic situation, and puerto rico is in a very, very vulnerable situation right now. >> the cdc estimates 25% of puerto rico's population of 3.5 million people will be infected with zika by the end of 2016.

>> everyone is somehow connected to a young woman of child bearing age. it's your sister, your daughter, whoever it is. and that creates a great deal of fear and concern. >> fauci served under five different presidents. since being appointed by ronald reagan 32 years ago. you've got walls of pictures of you with presidents and famous officials, the world over. i mean, you have been in this game for a long, long time. you're hardened to it. but when you first saw that first picture of the little baby with a tiny misshapen head, what happened? >> i remember seeing the first pictures. practically brought me to tears not only for the baby but the impact on the family. as soon as i saw what was going on, in brazil, i got my group together and said this is now first priority. all hands on deck. we'll develop a zika vaccine not only here at nih but the grant ees who we fund. >> it could take months of research and testing in the

field before the fda allows vaccinations given to anyone at risk. >> in that regard, we go into a phase one trial. >> if that pans out, when's your next -- >> that will take about four months to prove and analyze the data. if it's proven to be safe, there will be a few thousand individuals in what we call a phase 2b phase trial to determine if it works. you could find out pretty quickly, likely within a year if it works. if the infections die down through public health measures, it may take two or three or more years to determine its effect. >> in february of 2016, the obama administration requested $1.9 billion in federal zika funding. but after months of negotiations and hearings in congress, both democrats and republicans failed to reach an agreement. >> that wonderful bill that my chairman voted for, that i voted for, we all voted for, it

disappeared down the black hole of partisanship. >> i've supported every single zika proposal that has come before the senate, every single one. but nothing's gotten done. >> and congress in my view should be ashamed that they haven't really allocated adequate money to get ready to prevent this epidemic. >> both sides are hung up over funding for poison pill writers, including planned parenthood. the next chance for congress to approve funding to combat the zika virus won't happen until september. >> zika's now present in almost every part of puerto rico and now we have the first local transmission in florida and there will certainly be more. i want to urge the american people to call their members of congress and tell them to do their job. put some distance between you and temptation with...

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zika may be new to america, zika may be new to america but the world has suffered many outbreaks. despite its ability to global trot and spread, some third world countries are actually winning the battle with mosquito-borne diseases. our paul tillsly in africa. >> zika virus outbreaks have traveled the world. crossing continents and oceans

infecting millions of people. it all began in africa. not just the first human life as we know it, here at the cradle of human kind near johannesburg but the zika virus itself was discovered here on the continue innocent. in 1947, scientists in uganda in east africa were researching diseases such as yellow fever with monkeys and one became sick with a new virus. the scientists decided to name it after the forest in which the monkey was found. zika. >> and then to the best of our knowledge, it kind of went under the radar screen in africa and in southeast asia. in the first outbreak was in 2010 in the islands of yap. and it was very, very recognized because it was an explosive outbreak. >> 75% of the island nation contracted the zika virus and then it disappeared again. in 2013, 20,000 in poll need

yeah were diagnosed with the disease. >> and then in 2015, there was an outbreak in a what we call highly vulnerable region and population and by highly vulnerable, we mean a group of people who have never seen the infection before and no underlying immunity in the population. >> brazil has more than 100,000 suspected cases of zika 1,700 potentially newborns affected by microencephaly. it spread into the continental united states. as of may of 2016, 7,557 suspected cases of zika have been found far from brazil in the cape verde islands off the coast of west africa. recently, a traveler brought the virus into south africa. now the zika virus has landed back here in africa. the flying range of a mosquito coming to attack a victim is

around 150 yards. but the wings of aircraft have carried international travelers infected with the zika virus to create a health crisis across the world. travelers like a businessman of colombia, south america, who complained of feeling feverish at this airport in south africa. >> he consulted the doctor and submitted blood sample to a local pathology laboratory. we forwarded it to us for testing for zika and confirmation. >> the doctor knows the first step in fighting any virus is testing and reporting to health officials. >> the crisis will depend largely on how well the world responds to the current situation. >> clearly, if you can pick up, identify the first case, you can put in place appropriate measures to prevent spread. and that's really what you want. >> confounded critical

accusations that africa is third world, south africa prides itself on the rapid diagnosis proceedings. lucille is director of this lab. >> controlled program is very successful. we had a peak of 67,000 cases in 2000, 2001. and number of cases down to 12,000 a year now and we're moving towards malaria elimination. >> maputo is an african city similar to brazil's rio de janeiro. although the zika virus is not here, the type of mosquito that carries it is here and mozambiquen ms i can toes have other diseases. the death rate from malaria is cut down by two thirds in recent years. we have come here to see if

there are lessons that can be learned by brazil and the u.s. in the fight against the zika virus. at first sight maputo could be rio. the slums here, the people speak the same language, portuguese. young people said to be want to be brazilians and like to eat and dress like brazilians. they party to the same music, the samba. >> we have the mosquito here but divide us not yet. >> mapu to's experience fighting the mosquito has lessons for brazil and the u.s. >> the approach really first we have to make sure that people there recognize that malaria is a problem because there is no -- any, any public health intervention that is cost effective if people, they don't use it.

>> people are taught to clean and remove tall grass around their homes, standing party is eliminated because that's where the mosquitos breed. indoor spraying is necessary and for pregnant women, those most at risk, there are three mosquito netds for them and their children to prevent nighttime biting. the final lesson to the u.s., when it comes to the zika virus is simple but essential. be vigilant. >> when we come back, the story of a courageous mother who allowed our cameras to capture her baby daughter, the first infant born in the u.s. with zika-related birth defects just moments in the u.s. that's next. designed to address discomforts with nausea relief and regularity support. add trunatal from one a day for relief and support you can trust.

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apparently failed to open. crews recovering their bodies in a vineyard. a victim was a 18-year-old whose family was there watching. the other man was a veteran instructor said to have made about 700 previous jumps. i'm kelly wright. now back to "fox news reporting." the most devastating tragedy of the zika virus is that it can attack babies before they are born. in brazil, the mosquito-borne disease is linked to over 1,700 infants with microencephaly. after delivering the first baby here in the u.s. with zika-related disease, our own dr. manny has some insight everyone should hear. >> if you get bitten by a zika-infected mosquito and you're pregnant, it is not 100% that the baby is going to get congenital anomaly's i i felt

worried this morning. i did the blood test for the zika virus. >> candace campbell didn't know she was a month pregnant when she was vacationing. when travelers returning from infected regions, testing will become much more common in the u.s. >> we recognize it. you know? first, is a thorough ultrasound and recommend it to get the blood testing done. >> as obstetrician and gynecologist dr. manny alvarez specializes in high risk pregnancies. pregnant women and women planning to be pregnant should be tested and male partners. the results can be reassuring. or devastating. microencephaly is a rare neurological condition affecting babies, genetics and certain types of infections cause it but this is the first time it is linked to a mosquito borne virus. >> micro is small.

cephaly is head. it's where the brain did not develop. the baby has severe cognitive deficiencies. sometimes motor deficiencies. seizures, perhaps. intellectual capacity reduced. can eyes are sometimes compromised so the baby perhaps is going to be blind. they may not be able to suction correctly so that they can eat. >> translator: it's like emotional feelings. i have to be strong at this time. and it's there telling me we have to wait until she's born to really know what is going on with her. >> this expectant mother spoke to the fox news channel minutes before giving birth earlier this year. she allowed our cameras to capture the first few moments of her newborn baby's life. her little girl made news after being the first baby born in the continental u.s. with

microencephaly linked to the zika virus. >> translator: waiting on god, really, to know what will happen. >> she is from honduras and was visiting relatives in the u.s. >> the baby that we delivered yesterday with microencephaly, probably bitten in the first trimester of pregnancy and she never thought that mosquito bite is going to lead to the child being affected. >> translator: now it's that of a mosquito bite, it is like so, so harmless, right? one doesn't know. i do not know. i cannot tell you if it was me or my husband. i don't know. >> back home in december 2015, she and her husband came down with what they believed to be an alelergic reaction. they went to the local e.r. for treatment. his was more severe with fever, body aches and red eyes.

>> translator: for me, an allergies and red eyes. just irritated. nothing more. >> come people bitten by a mosquito, don't develop any physical symptoms but they get the virus in their bloodstream and the virus goes through the pla ten tall tissue into the baby. >> translator: the following week about ten days i went to my gynecologist. had an appointment with him. the prenatal for the maternity care. the doctor told me, no, everything is fine. do not worry. it was only allergy. nothing will happen to the baby. >> but something did happen to her baby and what should have been a joyous occasion for my parent was mixed with sadness and fear. >> translator: as parents we never want our children really but that they be completely healthy. >> when we did the ultrasound, we discovered that the baby had, you know, microencephaly.

within 48 hours, we decided that we didn't want to wait anymore. >> the baby was born on tuesday, may 31st. >> we did a repeat cesarean section and delivered the baby and confirmed that the baby had severe microencephaly. >> right now, the baby is breathing on her own. she is going through a transition phase. >> i did report this. >> hey, gorgeous. i know. >> she comes down, we'll get her chest x-ray and see how she does. >> this doctor specializes in neo- natal medicine. >> all babies at this age sometimes have difficulty sucking, swallowing. >> the babies survive and predicated on how they were born, if they have the resources to be taken care of. those things make a huge difference. >> and the cost of care is very

high. estimated at anywhere between $1 million and $10 million for the lifetime of a child. >> data continues to come in from different scientists from around the world. it appears that the most revere cases are cases where the exposure happened in the first trimest trimester. compared to let's say third trimester when the baby is fully formed. >> scientists are in the early stages in the study of the zika virus. even in the past months, new guidelines have been issued. >> we recommend that men wait six months after being infected before trying to conceive. we also recommend that men, particularly if they have a pregnant partner, that they use condoms throughout the pregnancy. >> there is still much that scientists don't know about the zika virus so the importance of testing cannot be stressed enough. candace was nervous waiting for the test results. >> he told me it is negative

which is great news. i am so happy and noticed during the ultrasound the size of my baby's head is normal. and so that's a great thing. >> right now, it seems that she was not exposed and that the baby's developing well. you got to have that conversation. and the doctor should have that conversation. as part of their standard practice right now. >> in the united states, only a few babies have been born with microencephaly linked to the zika virus. dr. alvarez says there is no need for panic here. >> a lot of pregnant patients have a lot of unnecessary fear because they read so much misinformation online. we just have so many resources to control zika. >> we don't anticipate seeing widespread transmission within the continental u.s. we'll look at everything and whatever happens we'll provide the advice that keeps americans safe. turning the spotlight on florida, an area with a local outbreak. coming up, how a county is

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florida is no stranger to mosquito borne disease and without federal funding the state is even more vulnerable to zika. but that hasn't stopped one county from using every resource to attack the enemy of the state. phil keating reports. >> first, it's a beautiful mosquito if you look at the colorations and the markings on it. but second is what a challenging opponent. >> shelly of lee county, florida, is a leading soldier in the bat toll protect the public from the insidious zika carrying mosquito the aedes aegypti. >> should be highly respected and that borders on fear. >> we should be scared. they're the deadly animals to humans, killing 725,000 people worldwide every year through viruses they carry.

>> wherever you happen to have this, along with international travel, it's a real threat. >> but the stit's geography stakes it prime breeding ground for mosquitos. lee county along the west coast has the largest mosquito problem. some areas have as high as 45,000 eggs per square foot. authorities knew early on they had to create their own mosquito control district. >> they voted by referendum to tax themselves to have a special service of mosquito control. >> here in lee county, an area with a lot of acre age and a lot of marsh, the annual mosquito control budget is $17 million. that's the largest in the state. funded entirely by local taxes, the program right now is putting every available resource into preventing this disease from spreading. airplanes spray larva by day. trucks kill adults by night.

and helicopters help survey both residential and industrial areas. >> hurricane season, how grave of a concern is it, is that for you guys? >> if it's water in containers around people's homes which would increase the population, as well. >> the mosquitos can lay the eyes, no many container vessels of water. people in and out of industrial area may not realize they will be bit. if a person were to come in there with the zika virus they could infect a lot of mosquitos and everybody that comes to visit could believe exposed. what you are seeing is a very large tire recycling business that has got behind in recycling them and moving them off site. >> in the industrial area shelly pointed out, inspectors confirm 50 aedes aegypti hand on a human every minute.

it's a priority, exterminating mature mosquitos. these spray trucks are one of the county's most effective weapons in its arsenal. day or night. >> typically we start spraying about sunset and we go until about 2:00 in the morning. >> ed foley, a biologist says nighttime spraying is effective. >> we can set a trap in one area the night before to come in with the trucks and put a trap out in the same area to kind of follow up and see and we do get control. >> city of cape coral is vigilant about homeowners doing their part. >> the most often violated is standing water. anything capable of holding water. >> compliance officer todd urges residents to drain any open water. >> if they fail to make the corrections a special magistrate can order a fine up to $1,000 a day. >> enspector rachel showed us

how early for mosquitos to breed around the house. >> the best thing to do is just dump it. at least once a week. they have to have water in order to survive so once they are on land, they're going to be dead. kiddie pools are great to have but you should be very aware of how you store them. this tree is heading the leaves and it can get caught in the gutters for a habitat for the larva and providing food as the leaves decay. >> rachel, people love dogs, dogs need water. >> yep. but it's so easy to just be able to dump out your water and refill it with new water. >> rachel took us on a visit with homeowner anna. >> see the wriggling things? hello larva and they're aedes. those are the species to vector the zika, dengue. when we leave the water and especially in florida it rains

all the time. >> look at. >> yeah. they can easily fill up with water and you'll get these sneaky little container breeders and little holes you don't think about. just flip this. >> sounds good. >> flip it over. >> perfect. >> you killed a bunch of mosquitos. we have a 5-gallon bucket. notorious for mosquitos. perfect pockets. see? we have them breeding. >> oh my goodness! >> yep. >> my house is a hazard. >> those cups are just perfect for the mosquitos. >> i'm embarrassed. literally. >> let's chuck your boat out. sometimes if we don't take them out all the time, that's a spot. let me see. and that cup has mosquitos in it. this is just easy. this is only trash. >> yes, yes. >> see? >> wow. >> the last boat outing we accidentally left that one. tires. mosquitos love tires.

see them right there? the eggs were laid in there because that black traps the water there. once we dump them on the ground, they die very quickly. >> besides draining water, the cdc recommends insect repellants. >> deet is safe. 20% to 50% is what you look for. if you prefer not to use deet, there's a product that's more mild. there's also oil of lemon eucalyptus. >> the other good thing to do is wear long sleeves, wear long pants. >> exactly. >> wear socks. >> cover up as much skin as you can from being bitten. it's very important for you as a homeowner to police your own house and protect yourself from these biting mosquitos. >> what a challenging opponent to try to deal with. it is so adaptable and kind of co-evolved with people to the point where it's very hard to get rid of.

when we come back, scientists from the uk claim they have brand new mosquito-killing technology that's ready to be tested in the florida keys. but some residents are scared. we'll explain after the break. welcome to the wonder of the olympic games.

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with the cases of local outbreak in florida, spreading the zee virus and e prevention crucial. and scientists are ready to test what they plan to wipe out 90% of the aegis egypti. >> in the area, part of this a area can be the key haven which is home to 1,000 people. >> it is what we consider to be a perfect sight. it is a peninsula of land coming out into the sea, and isolated. >> and a british company developed the special mosquito. >> you remove the mosquito, and you no chance of any new virus transmitted to the humans.

>> he was first called to florida in a dengue outbreak. and since then he has conducted five trials in the cayman islands, brazil, and panama. >> they have a self-limiting gene. we can switch off the gene with the simple anecdote in the diet, tetracycline. >> the engineered males will die if they bite you. some call it the franken fly, but the british company says that the mosquitos are safe, and no reported adverse effects in three countries so far. >> we have shown in five separate trials that we can control this mosquito bite over 90%, and in one case, 99%. >> i feel like my family and my community are being used as guinea pigs. >> this woman lives in the lower keys, and strong ly opposes the

proposed trial. >> i feel to have the right if i i want to be a part of this experiment or not. >> and we are only talking about eliminating the aegis e egypti, and when you look at the total mosquito population, it is only 1%. >> this is the head of the control system who asked oxytech to look into the controls. >> this is over to the years, they are resis tent to the better sprays. >> throughout key haven, the opposition is obvious, with signs of no consent as planted to be part of the tropical landscape. it all started as a change.org petition which has 75% of the needed cigna chus, and she worries that something couldp happen that has not been studied or contemplated. >> down the road, the e genetic engineers will get after and

eliminate the pests is going to be part of the portfolio of weapons. >> it is really, really, really important to understand what we are doing, and the risk outweighs the benefit. >> the food and drug administration's final report show the laboratory modified mosquitos would pose quote no significant impact on human health. >> it is safe enough that it is not going to be jumping into birds or us or anything else, but they did it on the cayman islands, and they didn't have any safety issues. >> even though the fda has approved the trial, it needs the green light from the florida keys mos key ito controls. >> there is more to can consider than the science of is the biology correct. there is always unfor seen unintended consequences. >> barry ray is head of the florida keys environmental coalition, and he thinks that the fda rushed the initial approval. >> we think that it should go

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