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But the tough carbon-fluorine bonds in the compounds resist being torn apart, leading to expensive remediation schemes that rely on powerful chemicals and high temperatures and pressures.

"They’ve already been through so much — and each time it happens, it kind of rips apart an old wound," he said of his clients.

"We got elected in July and of course nothing had been done, nothing for 18 months apart from warm words."

The restaurants’ affordable prices and use of higher-quality ingredients set Fresh Brothers apart in the crowded field of pizza chains, Majewski said.

When asked about the file he had called "my naked daughter", he addressed her across the room: "I have watched her fall apart... Caroline, I never touched you."