• Bio-tech company Oxitec wants to use genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of the Zika virus, and they want to test those mosquitoes in a Florida Keys neighborhood. Florida Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is calling for support of the plan.
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• Residents of a Florida Keys neighborhood will get to vote on whether it will serve as the first U.S. testing ground of genetically modified mosquitoes.
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• The Florida Keys have long waged an intensive and expensive war on mosquitoes. Now the chain of subtropical islands is poised become the first place in the country to see if genetically modified mosquitos can reduce the risk of disease.
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