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[โ€“] kyle@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I went down a rabbit hole (heh) trying to see if it was true.

And no, turns out it's just a bunch of pesticides and more recently (since the mid 90s) they apparently infect them on purpose with something that destroys their liver.

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I heard they control mosquitoes this way. They release a ton of sterile male mosquitoes, the males mate with females, and the female lays unfertilized eggs. This dramatically cuts down on the mosquito population.