Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been nearly five months since NC State University closed Poe Hall after tests showed the presence of toxic chemicals. Further ...

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Nearly a half century after the U.S. banned PCBs, communities around the Great Lakes are still digging the toxic chemical out ...

Superintendent Mark Tucker and principal Rebecca Tatistcheff in the Cabot School gymnasium Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur The week before school started this fall, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union ...

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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 ...

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.

In a move that could shape the future of campus environmental safety, a group of NC State students is pushing for expanded PCB testing across university buildings. On Wednesday night, the North ...

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 ...

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 ...

What methods can be applied to verify PCB functionality and safety? Which are suitable for mass production and for prototypes? What parameters are checked in each test? How to check a PCB without ...

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, ...