July 14, 2024
To help control a disease-spreading mosquito population, 144,000 genetically modified male mosquitoes were released in Florida in 2021. The insects were altered so that their female offspring would have radically shorter lifespans. Male mosquitoes, who do not bite and therefore do not spread disease, live long enough to breed and pass on this genetic form of pesticide.
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