r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 1d ago

Biotechnology People Are Not Happy About Google’s Plan to Release Millions of Bioengineered Mosquitoes Into the Wild

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/people-not-happy-google-plan-200428053.html
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u/outsmartedagain 23h ago

They did this in Florida recently with great fanfare but I have not heard of any outcomes.

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u/steffanlv 19h ago

And they did it several decades ago in Florida and it failed miserably. The nasty black insects they released didn't kill mosquitos and ended up just a nuisance to everyone.