Google Wants to Release 32 Million Mosquitos in California

Details

Publish Date:

June 5, 2026

Author(s):

Tarita, Tudor

Source:

ZME Science

Related Person(s):

Related Organization(s):

Center for Law and the Biosciences (CLB),
Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology,
Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society

Summary

“If we were to intentionally set out to cause the extinction of a species, we should think about that,” Henry Greely, a Stanford law professor and bioethicist told the Smithsonian in a 2016 special report. “I would want there to be some consideration and reflection, and a social consensus, before we take that step.”