As residents of Key West grapple with the worst affordable housing crisis in recent years, The Key West Housing Authority opened the waitlist for 103 one-bedroom, one-bath units at the
By Brian Mudd
Genetically Modified Mosquitos Released In The Keys
Bottom Line: The plan was set in motion last June. In the mist of the earlier months of the pandemic and against the backdrop of the fallout from the death of George Floyd, the Florida Department of Agriculture approved a plan for the Monroe County Mosquito Control District to release genetically modified mosquitos throughout the keys. The plan, to release male genetically modified mosquitos engineered by the British firm Oxitec, has been years in the making. It’s been delayed by a debacle a few years again Brazil and an inconclusive test on Stock Island in the Keys. There have also been numerous efforts by residents of the Keys to stop the lab creations from being released in a real-word paradise. But alas it begins.
By Brian Mudd
Genetically Modified Mosquitos Released In The Keys
Bottom Line: The plan was set in motion last June. In the mist of the earlier months of the pandemic and against the backdrop of the fallout from the death of George Floyd, the Florida Department of Agriculture approved a plan for the Monroe County Mosquito Control District to release genetically modified mosquitos throughout the keys. The plan, to release male genetically modified mosquitos engineered by the British firm Oxitec, has been years in the making. It’s been delayed by a debacle a few years again Brazil and an inconclusive test on Stock Island in the Keys. There have also been numerous efforts by residents of the Keys to stop the lab creations from being released in a real-word paradise. But alas it begins.