Replies to post #275786 on Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc (KBLB)

[Money4Nothing-M4N]

Yes. You’re dead wrong as usual. But don’t let that discourage you from contacting PETA and alerting them to the upcoming silkworm genocide. Although KBLB worms are healthier, that only means more will be boiled alive. Right now KBLB could use screaming protestors outside every office. We couldn’t pay for that kind of publicity!!

“Disease seems to be a fairly significant cause of silkworm mortality, killing between 10% and 47% of worms depending on the country. The country-to-country variation seems to be due to a combination of practices, disease prevalence, and environmental conditions. These high death rates suggest that disease reduction is potentially an area where improvements in conditions could not only improve silkworm welfare, but potentially could significantly decrease the number of animals killed by the industry (though this could reduce costs, potentially increasing demand for silk in the long-run).”

https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/silk-production

[ImjinBridger]

No, I’m not.

If KBL can maintain ZERO DISEASE in full scale production then you are very very wrong! Fighting disease is a constant battle for silk producers. We don't know how much disease resistance is bred into our worms and how much comes from Dr. Kumar's techniques. Probably some of both. Either way ZERO DISEASE is a term not heard in the silk industry until now.