Google wants to release 32 million specially treated male mosquitoes across California and Florida. The plan sounds absurd at first. Release more bugs to fight bugs. Yet this proposal from a subsidiary of Alphabet sits before federal regulators right now. Through its Debug project, the company has asked the Environmental Protection Agency for an experimental use permit. If approved, up to 16 million mosquitoes would reach targeted sites in Florida during the first year. Another 16 million would follow in California the next year. The goal remains straightforward. Curb populations of Aedes aegypti, the species that spreads dengue, Zika, chikungunya and other viruses. Male mosquitoes don’t bite. They don’t spread disease. These lab-reared males carry Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria. When they mate with wild females, the resulting eggs fail to hatch. The population shrinks with each generation. No chemicals. No toxins. And according to the company, no genetic modification.…