Concerns and controversy have continued to mount over the presence of toxic chemicals, including cancer-linked polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, found in a building at North Carolina State University. Last week, questions flared again after reports that NC State had asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halt a health hazard evaluation for the building. University officials have since said they only asked the CDC to pause the review while the school conducted its own investigations, news outlets noted. Testing found PCBs, a chemical compound once widely used in transformers but has been linked to cancer and was banned in the 1970s. University officials have established a website to provide information about the situation.

Source: Forbes February 20, 2024 18:39 UTC