EPA approves use of gene-modified mosquitoes to reduce disease spread
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Updated: 2022-03-11 09:11
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Biotech firm Oxitec announced this week that it has received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency to release more than 2 billion genetically modified mosquitoes in parts of California and Florida over the next two years, to reduce the spread of harmful diseases such as Zika, yellow fever and dengue.
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