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&.....&&.. the power plant and its satellite &&.&&.&&..
&....&.&.& buildings glisten on the far side of .&&.&&.&.&
&...&&&&&& the pristine town lake. wood is burned &.&&.&&&&.
&..&...... to make electricity and heat. or at &&.&&...&&
&.&&...... least, that was true for a while. but .&&.&..&..
&&.&...... all the engineers come from other towns &.&&&.&&.&
.&&&.....& these days. us locals are now only good &&..&&.&&.
&..&....&& to be janitors, or security guards, .&.&.&&.&.
&.&&...&.. maybe. &&&&&.&&&&
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.&&&.&.&&. well, here it is: ...&.&...&
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&&&..&.&&& & "wood is burned" - false. it's fed & &&..&&&&.&
..&.&&&... & through some sinister process and & .&.&...&&.
.&&&..&... & turned into a strange chemical. & &&&&..&.&.
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.&.&...&&. & "the plant makes electricity and & &&.&&.&&.&
&&&&..&.&. & heat" - false. this is all supplied & .&&.&&.&&&
...&.&&&&. & from somewhere else. the plant is & &.&&.&&...
..&&&...&. & used to make the chemical, and for & &&.&&.&...
.&..&..&&& & releasing it into the lake. & .&&.&&&...
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&.&&..&&&. the chemical that is released into the .&&&&.&.&&
&&.&.&..&. water we drink, and the forests where &...&&&&..
.&&&&&.&&. we hunt and forage, is called pfa, and &..&...&.&
&....&&.&& it is a plasticine agent. it collects &.&&..&&&&
&...&.&&.& over time in all organic beings, &&.&.&....
&..&&&.&&& actively changing their molecular .&&&&&...&
&.&..&&..& makeup. simply put, they are turning us &....&..&.
&&&.&.&.&& into plastic! &...&&.&&&
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