Chapter 12 - THE PRESCOTT COMPANY PAID FOR WHAT IT COULD REPAIRPrescott Development no longer existed in its old form.
It had merged twice.
Assets spread across companies.
Still, successor entities cooperated with remediation.
Some because regulators required it.
Some because current leadership wanted accuracy.
Fenwick received new groundwater treatment.
Former workers were notified of historical exposures where relevant.
Insurance claims were reviewed.
Settlements followed.
No dramatic corporate collapse.
No thousands suddenly homeless.
That had always been the fear used to justify silence.
Reality was more complicated.
Expensive.
Painful.
Manageable.
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The world did not end because truth arrived.
It simply became harder for certain people to remain comfortable.
