But it’s likely good news in the fight against the Zika virus.
Federal regulators on Friday okayed a field trial to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Key Haven, Florida. The goal is to take out the local population of aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread Zika and other diseases through their bites.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that after an extensive review and thousands of public comments, the agency found the field trial “will **t result in a significant impact on the environment.” Read more...