sterilization

Officials have considered mass sterilization or hiring sharpshooters, but those options are wildly expensive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Even rigorous sterilization cannot eliminate every hardy organism.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Wolbachia occurs naturally in mosquitoes, and scientists found they could exploit it: if the male carries the bacteria but the female does not, or carries a different strain, sterilization occurs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

The staffers were also early adopters of telemedicine; the deadly nature of the Ebola virus required intense sterilization of anything that came into contact with a patient.

From Slate ● May 14, 2026

One major problem remained to be solved before it could be put to the test — a practical method of insect sterilization had to be found.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

By 1938 its more than 12,000 involuntary sterilizations accounted for nearly half of all those nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

I first read about forced sterilizations in a 2020 article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024

And several past presidents supported voluntary and compulsory eugenic sterilizations at some point in their careers.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 24, 2023

Female sterilizations rose to 18 that month from just three in July 2021.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

For a while, it seemed as if the future of eugenic sterilizations in America depended on the foggy impressions of a nurse who had been handed a cranky baby without toys.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee