Malaria—primarily spread by mosquitoes—killed at least 597,000 people throughout 83 countries in 2023, according to the CDC.
Google is seeking federal approval for a new program called Debug that would release up to 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes already found in the wild.
Pitched as a program to “stop bad mosquitoes by raising and releasing good ones,” Google’s Debug brings together a group of scientists and engineers to create technology to breed and release sterile mosquitoes to try to eliminate the ones that transmit diseases to animals and humans.
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The Federal Register noted on May 1 that the Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing Google’s request for an experimental permit under Section 5 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Public comment on the permit request must be received by June 5.
Despite their small size, mosquitoes are considered the “deadliest animal” in the world, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are more than 3,700 types of mosquitoes worldwide, and some are more dangerous than others.
The species Google’s Debug is targeting—Aedes aegypti—carries dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya. Some mosquitoes carry West Nile virus, malaria, and lymphatic filariasis, killing more humans than any other creature worldwide.
Malaria alone killed at least 597,000 people throughout 83 countries in 2023, the last year the data were available. That same year, the United States saw cases of “locally acquired” mosquito-transmitted malaria for the first time in two decades.
Source: SGT Report
