By NDTV News Desk
Publication Date: 2026-05-31 15:33:00
When you think of ways to bring down mosquito populations, releasing millions of them is probably not the first solution that comes to mind. Yet that is precisely what Google is proposing.
Google is seeking approval to release 32 million laboratory-bred mosquitoes in Florida and California over two years under an experiment designed to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. The proposal is part of the company’s Debug initiative, which has been working for more than a decade on technologies aimed at controlling disease-carrying mosquito populations.
Initiated in 2014, Debug focuses on developing “better ways to reduce the impact of mosquito-borne diseases.”
“Our team at Debug is working with researchers, communities, and government agencies around the world to develop new ways to control mosquitoes that can spread disease, and help people live longer, healthier lives,”…
