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Genetically Engineered Mosquito experiment in California’s Central Valley halted
Biotech corporation withdraws permit request in a win for agricultural communities threatened by risky insect mass release
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Florida approves risky release of billions of genetically engineered mosquitoes in scientifically flawed experiment
Overlooking potential public health risks, FDAC approved the release of several billion more genetically engineered mosquitoes.
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Di no a los mosquitos transgénicos en tu comunidad
Fact sheet on genetically engineered mosquitoes in Spanish
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Say NO to Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Your Community!
The EPA has approved the use of nearly 2 million genetically engineered mosquitoes in California, which will pose a risk to our health and the environment. You can help stop this by telling decisionma…
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Genetically Engineered Mosquito Imminent Mass Release Ignores Science, Public Health and Environmental Risks
In defiance of science and public health concerns, today EPA approved the mass release of billions of experimental genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes into the United States’ most populous and ag…
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GE Mosquitoes Issue Brief
California is poised to be the second state where genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes are released, unless the public and California’s government officials demand otherwise. Earlier this year, ha…
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Mosquitos Transgénicos
Se planea que California será el segundo estado de Estados Unidos donde se liberarán los mosquitos transgénicos, a menos de que el público y los funcionarios del gobierno de California exijan lo c…
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Release of Billions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Proposed in California
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a proposal by Oxitec, a UK-based corporation, to introduce billions of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes across 12 undisclosed counties in…
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GMO Mosquitoes Released in Florida Keys
Despite scientific concerns and public outcry over the human health and environment risks, the field trial’s first phase will release up to 144,000 GE mosquitoes over the course of the next 12 weeks…
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750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida Keys
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) today approved the first-ever U.S. release of genetically engineered mosquitoes.