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Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week
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A Half as Interesting explainer on the US program that drops millions of sterile screwworm flies over Panama every week to keep the parasite out of North America.
Cited in screwworm threads as a short description of the sterile-insect barrier system that worked for decades.
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