Cancer on campus: Over 150 students and staff at North Carolina university 'are diagnosed with host...

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More than 150 cancer cases have been linked to Poe Hall, a class building at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Reports found high levels of the cancer-causing cehmicals PCBs.

DID YOU ATTEND CLASSES IN POE HALL AND GET DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER? WRITE TO US AT HEALTH@DAILYMAIL.COMMore than 150 students, staff and alumni have reportedly been diagnosed with cancers and other diseases linked to a university building teeming with toxins.

The university now faces lawsuits from some of the 152 patients who report falling sick with diseases linked to the toxins. Mrs Glad attended NC State from 2007 to 2013, earning a bachelor's and master's degree. Her husband, Robbie Glad, told local news station WRAL that his wife spent much of her master's program in Poe Hall.

NC State alumna Christie Lewis, who attended the university from 2007 to 2012, said that she started having night sweats while she was taking classes in Poe Hall. 'I could not figure out what was happening,' she told Fox News Digital. Months later, she discovered a lump on her neck, which turns out to be angosarcoma, a tumor found in the inner walls of blood and lymph vessels.

'There are such scary statistics that are tied with sarcoma. It’s just a lot more real,' she told Fox News Digital. Ms Lewis said that she feels 'violated' because she thought she was 'getting a good education...in a safe place' before suddenly being 'put in unsafe conditions.''It's made me feel just really nervous,' she said.

They were mass produced by agricultural giant Monsanto for 42 years before the decision was made to stop doing so. Advertisement According to the EPA, conclusive evidence has found that PCBs can cause cancer in animals, as well as harm their immune, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems.According to the CDC, exposure to PCBs can lead to increased enzymes linked to liver damage, skin lesions, and respiratory issues.

 

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