Google seeks EPA permit to release 32 million sterile mosquitoes in California
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Matthew Brown
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Summary
Google's Debug Project has filed a permit with the EPA to release 32 million sterile mosquitoes in California (and 32 million in Florida, totaling 64 million across both states) as a biological pest control method. The goal is to reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by introducing sterile male mosquitoes that will mate with wild females, producing no offspring and thereby suppressing the population naturally without pesticides.
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· 3 pulledThe Debug Project's goal is to decimate populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by introducing what it calls 'good bugs' to the environment.
Under its current application, Google is asking to release 64 million mosquitoes across the two states
Squashing bugs is the goal of every tech company, but typically not the blood-sucking kind. Google wants to do both.
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