India, June 1 -- Google is moving ahead with plans to release up to 32 million specially treated male mosquitoes in California and Florida to help reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.
According to reports from USA Today, Google submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month seeking approval for the project. While the application was filed under Google's name, the work is being carried out by Verily, a biotechnology company owned by Alphabet Inc. (GOOG,GOOGL), Google's parent company, as part of its "Debug Project."
Launched in 2016, the Debug Project brings together software engineers, biologists, robotics experts, and artificial intelligence (AI) to find new ways to control mosquitoes that ...