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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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