Silent Spring

This excerpt from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring talks about the effect of pesticides.  The effect on the birds and their birth and development is a negative one.  It tells about the death rate among birds that were exposed to DDT.  It also talks about a trickle down effect and how the DDT effects not just birds, but other animals and people.  The claim of this excerpt is about the effect of pesticides on the environment.  The claim is fairly efective with the large amounts of data and numbers to back it up.  Much like the last story, this one can lose readers who do not understand the context or are confused by the number.  With todays use of pesticides, i dont think it is an issue on the current environment.  Today's applications are much more focused on where the problem lies, not over the entire area.  The use today isn't nearly as hazardous to animals and people as the past.