A UK company called Oxitec has received approval from the EPA to released 2 -4 billion mosquitos in Florid and California with the proposed benefit of reducing the native mosquito population by breeding with them. The genetically modified material would kill off the female mosquitos which are the one that bite humans and thus spread disease. This sounds almost too good to be true and maybe it is. Apparently, there is a chance that instead of killing off the female population, the GMO mosquitos will create a hybrid mosquito that will be even harder to eradicate. There’s even more evidence to suggest that this experimental approach simply won’t work. Plus, the problem this is being suggested as a solution for is almost nonexistent.
