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Have you heard about this? A private British company called Oxitec wants to use the Florida Keys as its first testing ground for releasing genetically engineered mosquitoes into the U.S. wild.

While Oxitec’s mosquito experiment is in the name of disease control, independent scientists have raised serious concerns about the impacts it could have on the local health and ecosystem, and about whether it will even work.

Just as troubling, the U.S. doesn’t have any laws specifically designed to regulate the release of genetically engineered insects or other animals and ensure public health and the environment are protected.

Instead, Oxitec applied to the Food and Drug Administration for approval to release its engineered bugs as a “new animal drug,” using rules meant for livestock vaccines, not bugs that can buzz around town.

I just sent a message urging the FDA to deny approval of Oxitec’s risky experiment, and halt the release of other genetically engineered insects or animals until our regulatory system is brought into the 21st century.

Can you join me? You can use Friends of the Earth’s form here: salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/455/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10797&tag=gefdataf

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