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Billy Ball Explains NC: PFAS and why some NC politicians might be making you sicker


In a new “Billy Ball Explains NC,” we take a look at PFAS—aka “forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race.

Some politicians are making you sicker.

In a new “Billy Ball Explains NC,” Cardinal & Pine Senior Newsletter Editor Billy Ball takes a look at PFAS—aka “forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race. For more of “Billy Ball Explains NC,” follow Cardinal & Pine on YouTube.

✏️: Billy Ball
🎥: Melanie Duran

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  • Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine’s senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He’s also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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