OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
5:15 PM – Monday, April 1, 2024
North Carolina State University has been in the process of investigating claims from a number of current students and past alumni who were exposed to concerning amounts of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a possible carcinogen, from one of the college’s now-closed campus buildings.
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“The International Agency for Research on Cancer has declared PCBs to be probably carcinogenic to humans. The National Toxicology Program has stated that it is reasonable to conclude that PCBs are carcinogenic in humans,” according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Investigating student and alumni exposures to potentially carcinogenic levels of PCBs in one of its closed campus buildings since November 2023 is an ongoing effort for NC State University…