PCBs & NC State

NC State University has a toxic chemical problem. Concerns about PCBs first came to the attention of the wider community in November 2023 when the University shuttered Poe Hall, but employees had spoken out about their concerns years earlier without any action being taken. As of July 2025, over 600 members of the NC State community with life-altering health diagnoses, including cancer, have discovered their connection to each other: time spent in Poe Hall. At least 60 of these people have died. Since Poe Hall’s closure, the presence of PCB building materials has been confirmed in multiple buildings on the NC State campus. There are many others that have yet to be tested but likely also contain harmful levels of PCBs and other environmental contaminants given the years of construction. How long will we wait to see if these buildings become another Poe Hall?