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.

BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION BIOTECH TO RELEASE GMO MOSQUITOS IN CALIFORNIA & FLORIDA

BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS EVIL, NOT BILL & MELINDA

What could possibly go wrong?https://t.co/f4PNSqfpJz

— Stephanie Seneff (@stephanieseneff) March 9, 2022

Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in California and Florida in an effort to reduce the number of real, disease-carrying invasive mosquitoes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday approved [the] use of the genetically-engineered insects in pilot projects in specific districts across both states. 

The mosquitoes were made by UK-based biotechnology firm Oxitec, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in an effort to combat insect-borne diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, and the Zika virus.

According to Oxitec, its “sustainable and targeted biological pest control technology does not harm beneficial insects like bees and butterflies and is proven to control the disease-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito, which has invaded communities in Florida, California, and other U.S. states.” 

Since it was first detected in California in 2013, the Aedes aegypti mosquito has spread rapidly to more than 20 counties throughout the state, increasing the risk of mosquito-borne diseases being transmitted to humans.