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the EPA approves a plan to take on mosquito transmitted viruses in short a biotech company will release special infected mosquitos which will breed with wild potentially disease-carrying mosquitoes but no offspring will survive the news was first reported by the journal Nature here's the longer version a biotechnology company called mosquito might have infected lab-grown mosquitoes with a bacterium called la Bahia pipi antis the bacterium does not affect humans or other animals infected male mosquitoes will be released in 20 states including New York Kentucky and California Washington DC will also play host to these lab drone mosquitoes before we all freak out male mosquitoes do not bite and again the bacterium only affects mosquitoes but not humans or other animals here's how the plan works when one of these infected male mosquitoes mate with wild mosquitoes any fertilized eggs will not produce offspring due to chromosomal issues stemming from the infected male this would impact a particular species of mosquito called the Asian tiger mosquito and not all mosquitoes the Asian tiger mosquito has been known to transmit Zika and yellow fever the plan would take some time to reduce the population of the Asian tiger mosquito the EPA has not formally announced its approval of the plan but mosquito mate touted the approval on Twitter for more coverage check out cnet.com Amaya's at Cardinal see you online