In the past century the steady growth of the human population and corresponding increase in pesticide use have caused much harm to wildlife

The reading and lecture are both about the effect of accretion of human population and rise in agriculture and usage of chemicals on birds in America. The author of the articles feels that due to the relentless practice of this activities has significantly decreased the number of birds in America.The lecturer disputes the claims made in article by saying that this reason was unconvincing.

To begin with, the article mention that