Billions of GE Mosquitoes Released, Health Risks Ignored

The EPA granted, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services approved, an extension to Oxitec's open-air trials of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In March 2022, the EPA granted biotech company Oxitec a two-year extension of its emergency use permit

• This allows Oxitec to release additional GE mosquitoes in Florida as well as release the GE insects in four counties in California for the first time

• The extension was granted even before Oxitec had publicly released results from its 202…