It’s been nearly five months since NC State University closed Poe Hall after tests showed the presence of toxic chemicals. Further tests in the campus building, as well as a federal health evaluation, ...

A WRAL Investigates report published on Thursday detailed WRAL's review of nearly 1,000 pages of documents – which revealed that cancer-causing chemicals known as PCBs were detected in 22 N.C. State ...

PCBs were domestically manufactured for construction materials in the United States beginning in about 1930 until 1979, a time period that coincides with a boom in school construction to meet the ...

NC State University closed Poe Hall, home of the College of Education and Department of Psychology, in November 2023 after tests detected toxic chemicals. The university and federal health officials ...

Even though polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have not been manufactured in the U.S. for over forty years, they continue to be present in building materials, including in caulk and joint materials, ...

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Joints around windows and between masonry panels in public buildings erected or renovated during the 1960s and 1970s were often sealed with a caulk containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The ...

Most people by now know about lead and asbestos: toxic substances found in old buildings that can cause great harm to people’s health and the natural environment. But health and environmental experts ...

Hartford Public School teachers and parents spoke out Wednesday at Hartford School District’s Board of Education meeting with concerns that there may be life-threatening chemicals in their schools.

Environmental health researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have identified caulking and sealing materials as an unrecognized and possibly widespread source of polychlorinated biphenyl ...

NC State University closed Poe Hall, home of the College of Education and Department of Psychology, in November 2023 after tests detected toxic chemicals. The university and federal health officials ...