Fear of Oxitec mosquito release grows
Fear of Oxitec mosquito release grows
Tags: Aedes, Genetic biocontrol, North America, Oxitec, Sterile insect technique (SIT)T. Java, Florida Keys Free Press, 2020.
A local effort has emerged to exclude Key Largo from a test release of genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes planned for the spring. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District have approved a release of United Kingdom-based biotech company Oxitec’s GMO insects in an effort to battle the disease-carrying wild mosquito population by effectively breeding it out of existence.