Following pushback from legislators, California’s DPR announced Oxitec voluntarily withdrew its research authorization application to test its GE mosquitoes in California.

It’s coincidental that both states where genetically engineered mosquitoes have been released suddenly have cases of malaria popping up.  #TheDefender  https://t.co/2QLfhSgpMc

— Children’s Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) August 8, 2023

Though California already released Bill Gates' mosquitos last year, it is good to see that this latest round came to a halt by California legislators.  

While the EPA extended Oxitec’s EUP both the Florida Department of Agriculture and California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) must approve Oxitec’s testing in order for it to move forward in their states.

 

Following pushback from legislators, California’s DPR announced Oxitec voluntarily withdrew its research authorization application to test its GE mosquitoes in California.

 

Locally acquired malaria has been nonexistent in the U.S. for the last 20 years, but five such cases have recently been diagnosed — four in Florida and one in Texas.