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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: ..&..&.&&.
.......&&& ...&...&&&
&......&.& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ....&..&.&
&&.......& & "wood is burned" - false. it's fed & &....&...&
.&&......& & through some sinister process and & &&....&..&
.&&&...... & turned into a strange chemical. & &&&....&..
.&.&&..... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &.&&....&.
...&&&.... ..&&&....&
&..&.&&... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ..&.&&....
.&...&&&.. & "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. & ........&&
&&....&..& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ........&.
&&&....&.. ..........
&.&&....&. 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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.......... &.....&&&.
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