Google's parent company wants to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight disease, and many see it as a risky experiment forced on communities that never agreed to it.

• Google's "Debug" project is asking the EPA to approve releasing 32 million lab-bred mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years.
• The goal is to cut diseases like West Nile virus by releasing male mosquitoes that pass on genes stopping female offspring from surviving.
• A similar 20-million release happened in Fresno in 2017, and residents there never got to vote on it.
• Critics point to a past sterile-fruit-fly program that failed because the lab-bred insects were weaker and wild females preferred wild males.
• Public comment on the new permit is open only through June 5, with no direct vote for affected residents.

Outlook: The EPA will soon decide whether to grant the experimental permit, and pushback over public consent is likely to grow.