GM mosquitoes clear an FDA hurdle for Florida release, locals angry

Genetically engineered mosquitoes that have been under regulatory review for the past five years have passed one of the last remaining hurdles to gain approval for release in a field trial, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

Oxitec’s OX513A Aedes aegypti mosquito would pose no significant threat to the environment or to people in Key Haven, a community in the Florida Keys where the company proposed the trial, the agency announced in a preliminary finding. The initial judgment of “no impact”…

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GM mosquitoes clear an FDA hurdle for Florida release, locals angry