As discussed in class and in your textbook, mosquito control remains one of the most world’s most important – and contentious – environmental health issues. Briefly describe how the insecticide DDT was used in the United States and other developed nations during the 1940s and 1950s. Then discuss how the bioaccumulation and biomagnification of DDT, as famously highlighted in Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, impacted birds of prey and other species at the top of food chains.