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 Vermont bill could bring to an end the state’s multi-million dollar school PCB testing program that came in the wake of the ...

Burlington High School is currently closed due to elevated levels of PCBs. Seen on Tuesday, October 20, 2020. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont will test hundreds of schools across the ...

The State of Vermont released guidance on Wednesday that details what schools must do if certain levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are found in indoor air. New figures included in ...

A bill that would have triggered a pause of Vermont’s costly, time-intensive and disruptive program to test for and remove toxic PCB chemicals from older school buildings has died in the legislature.

A known carcinogen may be lurking in your child’s school. Scientists estimate that Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are present in 1 out of every 3 K-12 schools nationwide. Despite this, these harmful ...

WESTMINSTER — Consultants for the state have started testing Bellows Falls Union High School for the presence of PCBs, a toxic chemical found in some construction materials from the 1960s and ‘70s ...

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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 ...

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 ...