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Florida Approves Controversial Plan to Release 750 Million Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

The objective is to reduce the population of the female aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.

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Devrupa Rakshit
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Aug 24, 2020
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AuthorDevrupa Rakshit

Devrupa Rakshit is an Associate Editor at The Swaddle. She is a lawyer by education, a poet by accident, a painter by shaukh, and autistic by birth. You can find her on Instagram @devruparakshit.

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