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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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