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on October 6, 2014 in World News

First GMO Mosquitoes: Now Oxitec Wants to Release GMO Moths in New York

\ First GMO Mosquitoes: Now Oxitec Wants to Release GMO Moths in New York GM mosquitoes developed by Oxitec, a UK company, were already released in other countries as a means to control disease. The company is also trying to release them in the Florida Keys, while working to release GM olive flies in Spain. But it gets even more bizarre – now Oxitec wants to release GM moths in New York. GeneWatch UK has been following Oxitec’s moves and has noted that the company’s GM experiments have not undergone environmental assessment risks at all. The company is a spin… View Article

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