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Federal government approves trial to fight Zika in Key West, but residents can still hold it up

2016-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Tampa Bay Times: The federal government on Friday approved a field trial that would release millions of genetically-modified mosquitoes in Key West to eradicate the mosquito that carries Zika. But British company Oxitec, which has already used its technology to reduce the Aedes aegypti population by 90 to 99 percent in parts of Latin America, is still held up by residents of a Key West suburb who are skeptical of the science. In a statement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday the Oxitec trial...

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