“Insecticide-treated nets significantly harm mosquitoes, but one can easily offset this?” by Vasco Grilo🔸

The views expressed here are my own, not those of the people who provided feedback on the draft. Summary According to the GPT Pain-Track from the Welfare Footprint Project (WFP), “Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are not only lethal to mosquitoes but also cause significant suffering before death. When mosquitoes come into contact with the insecticide, their nervous systems are disrupted, leading to intense and prolonged effects. These include uncontrolled movements, convulsions, and muscle spasms, which can last for minutes. This is followed by paralysis and eventual shutdown of their body functions. While effective at reducing disease transmission, ITNs inflict severe pain on mosquitoes during the process, making their impact far from instantaneous or painless”. I estimate GiveWell's (GW's) last grant to Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) of 41 M$ caused 763 times as much harm to mosquitoes via insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) as it benefited humans. I neglected the effects of ITNs on the number of wild [...] ---Outline:(00:14) Summary(03:09) Context(03:48) Harm caused to mosquitoes(11:00) Discussion(16:15) AcknowledgementsThe original text contained 14 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: February 3rd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ADwZefuuaHZnrcNrG/insecticide-treated-nets-significantly-harm-mosquitoes-but --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.