Billions of GE Mosquitoes Released, Health Risks Ignored
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Biotechnology company Oxitec spent years trying to gain approval to release its controversial genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes in the U.S., specifically in Key West, Florida. In June 2020, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services gave the go-ahead for the plan, following the U.S. EPA's