Google’s life sciences subsidiary Verily released 32 million male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Fresno County, California, between 2017 and 2020, according to the company’s Debug Project. The project, called Debug Fresno, aimed to reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes, Verily stated in project documents. Recent social media attention has brought renewed scrutiny, according to news reports. [1] The mosquitoes were infected with Wolbachia bacteria, a naturally occurring microorganism that prevents eggs from hatching when infected males mate with wild females, according to officials. The releases were conducted in collaboration with MosquitoMate and the Fresno County Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District, according to…
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