From the excerpt you posted it looks like the writer's primary purpose is to persuade the audience to share his point of view.
This can be seen in phrases like "it seems to me that the decision is easy", where he implies that he has enough knowledge to see something that the Township officials are not seeing.
The use of fertilizers in plants......
foods that are or aren't genetically modified.....
the smoke from engines in factories or from cars and trucks.....
the growth of a baby to and elder......
the rights and wrong of the brain......
the active vs dead diseases....
phew that's all i can think of rn kk???
hopefully i helped you alot because my brain is hurting rn lol....choice is yours!!!
What context is the phrase used in…we can’t answer it for you without this
No because of HAVE it should be has
Weak: potent
The answer is potent.