sterile

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Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency had already deployed millions of sterile flies after the first Texas case was confirmed last week, and would continue with more releases in newly confirmed areas.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Eradication was possible through the sterile insect technique, which uses gamma radiation to irradiate screwworm pupae and create sterile male flies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

However, officials say that they will need to breed up to 600 million sterile screwworms flies each week in order to fight back the outbreak.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

US officials said some four million sterile flies were already being released weekly from the sky, and that some four million more in the pupae stage were being deployed in ground release chambers.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

One of the problems of sterilization by radiation is that this requires not only artificial rearing but the release of sterile males in larger number than are present in the wild population.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson