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Forever chemicals explained: What are PFAS? Why do they matter?

By Ben McNeelyOctober 28, 2025February 25, 2026

A highlighted excerpt from SB 429 revising public access to autopsy information. The text shows that “any records, worksheets, reports, photographs, tests, or analyses” related to deaths under criminal investigation will be treated as records of criminal investigations. Highlighted phrases include: “THE DISCLOSURE AND RELEASE OF AUTOPSY INFORMATION,” “any records, worksheets, reports, photographs, tests, or analyses,” and “shall be treated as records of criminal investigations.”

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New North Carolina law shields medical examiner records from public view

by Catherine KompSeptember 17, 2025September 19, 2025