Verified' – Has Billionaire Bill Gates Really Released 600,000 Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Austria?

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Internet users claim that Bill Gates has released 600,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in Austria. Such a quantity of insects has been introduced into nature in the south of the country, but they are actually sterilized mosquitoes. - VERIFI' – Has billionaire Bill Gates really released 600,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in Austria? (Environment).

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Graz is taking new paths in the control of insect plague throughout Austria. In cooperation with researchers from the International Atomic Energy Agency, mosquitoes are being combated with sterile species.

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The infertile insects are to be involved in the "home market". Scientists and the city of Graz hope for a population reduction of 70 percent. If successful, there will be a continuation in the coming year.