Contamination on Campus: What Did NC State Know About Poe Hall?
About this episode
The episode discusses the contamination of Poe Hall at NC State and the ignored warnings from faculty and students about health risks.
Poe Hall, an academic building on NC State’s campus, shut its doors abruptly. It later emerged that the building was contaminated with PCBs, a known carcinogen, and had been for decades. Faculty, staff, and former students say they raised alarms after developing cancer, only to be ignored. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts
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