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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, &*;,,,,,,,
,,=;*$&@## maybe. ##@&$*;=,,
,,,,==**&& &&**==,,,,
,,=;*$&@## well, here it is: ##@&$*;=,,
,,=;*$&@## ##@&$*;=,,
,,,===**$@ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& @$**===,,,
,,=;*$&@## & "wood is burned" - false. it's fed & ##@&$*;=,,
,,=;*$&@## & through some sinister process and & ##@&$*;=,,
,,=;*$&&&& & turned into a strange chemical. & &&&&$*;=,,
,,=;*$$&@# &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& #@&$$*;=,,
,,=;*$&@## ##@&$*;=,,
,,,,,=**&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&**=,,,,,
,,=;*$&@## & "the plant makes electricity and & ##@&$*;=,,
,,=;*$&@## & heat" - false. this is all supplied & ##@&$*;=,,
,,=;*$&@## & from somewhere else. the plant is & ##@&$*;=,,
,,,,,,=**& & 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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