/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/21/3e/213e6ee0-ae4b-403e-a75e-516653c10772/gettyimages-139289970.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1 "Google Wants to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes in California and Florida. Here’s Why")
By Sara Hashemi
Publication Date: 2026-06-03 19:05:00
The company is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for permission to release millions of sterilized mosquitoes in order to fight their disease-spreading counterparts
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An Aedes aegypti mosquito
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Through its parent company, Alphabet, Google wants federal approval to release…