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      Green Groups Relieved as Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Averted in California

      "All Californians should be relieved that this permit request has been withdrawn for the foreseeable future," said one Friends of the Earth project manager.

      Brett Wilkins
      May 12, 2023

      In what green groups on Friday called "a victory for environmentalists, scientists, and vulnerable agricultural communities across California," state officials announced a day earlier that a controversial release of genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Central Valley has been suspended.

      The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) said Thursday that Oxitec, a U.S.-owned, U.K.-based biotechnology company that develops genetically engineered (GE) insects, withdrew a research authorization application to conduct a field pilot test of a new type ofAedes aegypti, a mosquito species that in its natural form can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.

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