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At the GRC Kallo factory, we wash the earth, the basis of all life, which has become more than waste: a threat. In a mechanical din, a circuit of conveyor belts conveys soil soiled by the eternal pollutants that the 3M factory in Zwijndrecht, west of Antwerp, has been spewing into the water, air and soil for half a century. Once spread in nature, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and their dangers lurk forever, persistent in the environment, indestructible by the elements. Factors in infertility, obesity or cancer, these synthetic chemicals are toxic to the kidney, liver, thyroid or immune system at concentrations so tiny that they are measured in nanograms (billionths of a gram) per liter.
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