Google got caught on tape silencing conservatives at the Biden White House's request.
Now they want to release 64 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes into your backyard.
And a CDC scientist who studies mosquito mating just admitted something about those bugs that Google is hoping you never find out.
Inside Google's Debug Project and the EPA Permit Florida Residents Never Voted On
Verily, Alphabet's life sciences division, filed for an Experimental Use Permit with the EPA to release up to 32 million sterilized male mosquitoes per state – Florida first, California second – over two years starting in 2026.
The mosquitoes carry Wolbachia bacteria.
The pitch: infected males breed with wild females, eggs don't hatch, mosquito population crashes.
Google calls it the Debug Project.
They've been building AI-powered breeding systems and robotic mosquito-sorting machines to scale the whole operation since 2016.
That last part matters.
This is not a backyard experiment.
This is a company that admitted – in writing to Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee – that it silenced conservative voices at Biden's request, now asking the federal government for permission to conduct the largest open-air biological experiment in American history.
The public comment window closed June 5.
Nobody knocked on your door first.
The CDC Scientist Who Studies Wolbachia Mosquitoes Just Raised a Red Flag
Here is what Alphabet's press materials leave out.
Dr. Laura Harrington, a CDC biologist who specializes in mosquito mating behavior, spoke to the Daily Mail and raised concerns that deserved front-page treatment.
In a related Culex species, lab studies have shown that the wAlbB strain of Wolbachia – the exact strain in Google's project – can enhance West Nile virus transmission rather than suppress it.
The bacteria Google is injecting into 64 million mosquitoes has, in controlled lab conditions, made a cousin species better at spreading disease.
Dr. Harrington also told the Daily Mail that male mosquitoes have been scientifically ignored for decades because they don't bite.
"We don't really know what an optimal diet is, or what they actually consume in nature on a regular basis," she said.
Google wants to flood Florida with 16 million insects whose basic biology scientists admit they don't fully understand.
Brazil Released Millions of Wolbachia Mosquitoes in 2023 and Then Something Went Very Wrong
The historical record is not reassuring.
A Wolbachia mosquito release program ran in Brazil throughout 2023 and 2024.
In 2024 – the same year the program was fully operational – Brazil recorded more than 6.5 million confirmed dengue cases.
The highest in Brazilian recorded history.
Bill Gates called this program a model for fighting mosquito-borne disease.
This is the playbook Google is bringing to American soil.
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee captured it best on X when the story broke: "Why does Google have 32 million mosquitos? Have we not learned our lesson with Kudzu, Sparrows, Black Birds, Asian Carp? Should I go on? Don't mess with the balance of nature."
He's right.
Every one of those well-intentioned biological interventions ended in catastrophe.
Kudzu was introduced in the 1800s to prevent soil erosion.
It's now called "the vine that ate the South."
Once you release something into nature, there is no recall button.
No refund.
No press release from Mountain View that un-hatches 64 million eggs.
Lee Zeldin Blocked GMO Mosquitoes Once – Here Is What He Does With Google's EPA Permit Next
Lee Zeldin is not sitting on the sidelines.
When social media rumors circulated in May that the EPA had approved a separate release of 2 billion genetically modified mosquitoes, Zeldin came out firing – calling the claims fake news and making clear the Trump EPA had not authorized any such release.
That's the right instinct.
Now he needs to apply it to the actual permit on his desk.
Google filed two separate applications to release a total of 96 million Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes across New Jersey, California, and Florida between 2026 and 2028.
The EPA has approved neither one.
This is the same company caught red-handed suppressing conservative speech, banning Dan Bongino from YouTube for years, and admitting to Congress it did all of it under Biden's orders.
They now want a federal permit to run experiments on two American states while residents have no vote, no warning, and no recourse when something goes wrong.
Zeldin should send Google's application back with two words on it.
Not approved.
Sources:
- OAN Staff, "Google's parent company seeks EPA permit to release 32M lab-bred mosquitoes in Calif. and Fla.," One America News, June 2, 2026.
- "Google Mosquito Release Plan Faces EPA Review As Zeldin Denies Claims Of Approved GMO Insect Program," YourNews, June 1, 2026.
- Kennedy, "Government scientist leaks terrifying truth about Google's plan to unleash 64 MILLION infected mosquitoes on America," Daily Mail, June 6, 2026.
- Cullen Linebarger, "Google Reportedly Planning to Release TENS OF MILLIONS of Mosquitoes into Two States," The Gateway Pundit, May 2026.
- "Google to reinstate banned YouTube accounts censored for political speech," House Judiciary Committee Republicans, September 2025.
- Rep. Tim Burchett (@timburchett), X, May 31, 2026.