The EPA has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically modified mosquitoes in the US

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“The Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the release of 2.4 billion genetically-modified mosquitoes in California and Florida. The mosquitoes, created by biotech firm Oxitec, will be non-biting Aedes aegypti males engineered to only produce viable male offspring, per the company. Oxitec says the plan will reduce numbers of the invasive Aedes aegypti, which can carry diseases like Zika, yellow fever and dengue.

By the way, this was as of March 30, 2022. We posted to provide context to the viral videos of mosquitoes released, so you can understand what the said objectives are.