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Yang Gunyu was speaking with Young-Joon on the phone.
—What happens if we release the wastewater?
“The wetlands there are home to an aquatic insect called Hydrochara caraboides. It’s a type of beetle, and they are natural predators of mosquito larvae that eat one thousand larvae a day,” Young-Joon said. “If you release wastewater into the wetlands, it will change the acidity and the caraboids will be exterminated from the area.”
—Does that mean the number of mosquitoes will increase?
“Yes. It’s not a problem if mosquitoes disappear because caraboids eat other insects as well, but it’s a completely different story if the caraboids disappear. Other predators, like rice fish, also eat caraboids, but that’s not enough…”
—Stop.
Yang Gunyu cut Young-Joon off.
—Stop, Doctor Ryu. It was a mistake asking you. You’re just saying this again because you want to do the mosquito project here, right?
“I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. I told you that I am going to do the project somewhere else.”
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“I am a little bit more interested in Guangdong, but that’s purely because Guangdong is structurally very vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases. I’m just worried about the people there, and I have...
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