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@#**;;~... # FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PLANT IS # ...~;;**#@
#*;~...... # USED TO MAKE THE CHEMICAL, AND FOR # ......~;*#
#**~~~.... # RELEASING IT INTO THE LAKE. # ....~~~**#
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#@##**;~~. OVER TIME IN ALL ORGANIC BEINGS, .~~;**##@#
##@##*;~~. ACTIVELY CHANGING THEIR MOLECULAR .~~;*##@##
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