The book I read is called "Silent Spring," written by Rachel Carson and published in 1962. The whole book was an alarmed appeal to everybody who used insecticides and especially who used DDT. The book mostly describes how DDT is used by people and how it enters the food chain and causes cancer and genetic damage. It also describes how other chemicals such as Dieldrin and Aldrin kill birds, fishes, and humans. An example of how …showed first 75 words of 257 total…

…showed last 75 words of 257 total…is boring but also very intersting. She describes many actions in which DDT and other insecticides are used but after a whole bunch of actions it's going to be boring. This book can scare everybody because it is very alarming. When I read this book I wasn't really scared because Rachel Carson describes the actions in the 1960's and this is over 40 years ago and today there are changes. Basically I enjoyed reading this book.