Which sentence would help the author develop the claim that
pesticides harm butterfly and honeybee populations?
Scientists believe that there are more than fifteen kinds of
honeybees and twenty thousand species of butterflies in
the world today.
A recent study found that butterfly and honeybee
populations decreased by sixty percent in areas that used
pesticides.
The chemicals found in pesticides can become absorbed
into the soil and affect humans' food and water supplies.
O Farmers argue that today's pesticides target only the
insects that destroy wheat and corn crops.​