Persuasive Letter To Gmo Essay

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Overview: I decided to write an open letter to an agricultural company, Monsanto, that utilizes biotechnology to create genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for farmers. The Monsanto website claims they are helping farmers increase their profitability by expanding their crop yields. GMOs are a widely debated in environmental science; some say they aide the effort in ending world hunger, while others say that GMOs are unhealthy and filled with chemicals. Much of the GMO research is biased: the research gets its funds from biotech companies (like Monsanto) hoping to prove that GMOs are consumer safe and good for the planet. GMOs actually increases the chemical use on farms and are an essential topic to discuss because they effect humans and nature alike. Monsanto is a good company to write to because they are such a huge advocate for GMOs and promote the use of them. The company is actually one of the pioneers for altering plant genetics. Additionally, Monsanto has been found to reward farmers with funding for using a controversial weed killer. The purpose of this letter is to address Monsanto’s promotion and positive image of GMOs and other harmful biotechnologies, and try to persuade them to stop encouraging farmers and the general public to use or support the use of GMOs. …show more content…

This letter would ideally be published in a scientific journal, such as Science, Journal of Biology, or Nature, in order to reach an audience that cares about scientific matters and are willing to join the GMO debate. In order to reach a broader, less scientific audience, I may want to post this letter on a social media platform such as Tumblr, Facebook, or Twitter, where people are constantly posting and reading about news articles and more specifically, open

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