OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » oxitec http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Will Millions of GMO Mosquitoes Be Released in Key West? http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/will-millions-of-gmo-mosquitoes-be-released-in-key-west/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/will-millions-of-gmo-mosquitoes-be-released-in-key-west/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:00:12 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11021 Mosquito

The Food and Drug Administration is considering a proposal seeking the approval to release millions of mosquitoes into Key West that have been genetically modified by the British technology firm, Oxitec. If approved, the decision would make the laid-back popular vacation spot the backdrop for a very controversial experiment.

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Dengue fever—a brutal virus that infects as many as 100 million people each year—has an unusual new enemy designed to stop the spread of the disease: genetically modified mosquitoes.

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