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Originally posted by singpilot
I still remember that scene in Woody Allen's "Sleeper" where they discover that the only humans that survived the enviornmental onslought of the future were people who ate at McDonalds. The preservatives in the foods there had hardened them to the pollutants, and allowed only those people to survive.

"Would you like fries with that sir???"
John Varley expanded on this idea in his book (later made into a low-budget Kris Kristofferson flick) Millenium. The main character has to take hits off an inhaler filled with pollutants, so she can keep her lungs healthy.
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