A group of 10 women and one man who developed breast cancer while working or studying at NC State’s Poe Hall are suing the university over allegations of “deliberate indifference.”
The school violated their fundamental right to bodily integrity under the state constitution, their lawsuit contends.
Poe Hall, NC State’s former education building, was constructed using materials that contained PCBs, a group of harmful man-made chemicals banned in 1979 — eight years after Poe Hall was built. NC State closed the building in 2023, and it is suing Monsanto for manufacturing the PCBs used to build its HVAC system…