OPINION: OXITEC MOSQUITO PROJECT REFLECTS PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
10 years after the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) first invited Oxitec to the Keys, and in efforts to find effective methods for controlling the invasive, disease-spreading Aedes aegypti mosquito, FKMCD and Oxitec are for the first time preparing to release Oxitec’s safe and environmentally sustainable non-biting male mosquitoes in a field project approved by the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of Florida authorities.
The project was commissioned by FKMCD, approved by the elected commissioners of the FKMCD and is managed by a joint steering committee...