Are you going to check the other buildings that were built about the same time as Poe Hall?

@northstar4601

4 ай бұрын

From what I understand and read previously, I dont think they currently have "plans." They seem to be only focusing on this. I think someone mentioned that there are many buildings that were renovated or built during the time period.

"Difficult decision," was it difficult deciding not to give students and faculty cancer?

i literally washed my face and drank the water from here for a whole semester. fingers crossed that a class action lawsuit opens for us

@gloriak87

4 ай бұрын

"we hear you and we see you"

@noahllanos286

4 ай бұрын

@@gloriak87 im only tryna hear and see these dollars bro

@gloriak87

4 ай бұрын

@@noahllanos286 same lol. i had class on the 7th floor for an entire semester and im not even a psych major, but my friend is. poor thing had poe hall exposure and the sushi nine norovirus. hearing him say what i commented made me giggle, but in all seriousness i hope those already diagnosed with cancer are actively getting justice. scary

@evergreenwarpath1350

4 ай бұрын

actually its worst then that, because it was airborne and we all breath it in.

@noahllanos286

4 ай бұрын

@@evergreenwarpath1350 oh. yay!

Is anyone going to give us an option for a health screening or give us a resource on how to screen for it in the future?

@user-oj3wk1du2e

4 ай бұрын

Doubtful. Their suggestion is to "talk to (your) regular medical provider and follow evidence-based guidelines for screening" but offer zero information about what anyone might need to be screened for. Basically, a "you're on your own" piece of advice from the university.

This literally told us nothing.

@user-oj3wk1du2e

4 ай бұрын

Both here and in interviews, their primary concern shines through: the building. In the sense that, the university cares about whether the building can be re-opened because that's the cheapest thing to do. Woodson and others keep talking about "understanding the environment in the building," and I'm sure the public image they want to project is that they're taking this all very seriously with safety as a priority. Which, okay, sure. But there are real people affected by this. So, which does NCSU value more, the thousands of people who've gone through that building over the years, or whether they can continue to collect tuition and have the space to meet classroom quotas for education and psych? NCSU could've been leading the way on this, trying to understand the number of people impacted and how, testing other buildings constructed around the same time frame for similar PCBs, reaching out to other universities in NC about the age of the buildings on their campuses and the materials used to construct them... but no. We get "see you, hear you" platitudes. The tragic irony is that there are grad/undergrad students that are paying off debt that they incurred to attend the same higher ed institution whose negligence left them with a diagnosis. They'll remediate the building, they seemingly don't care about remediation for the human impact (the vote of "no confidence" by faculty doesn't suggest otherwise). I'll be surprised if they don't have an exodus of faculty and staff.

This is rich. I’m sure those diagnosed with cancer and life-changing, devastating diseases really appreciated and felt “seen and heard” by this 2 minute video. In what world did the marketing team actually think this would land well?

I cannot believe yall left the comments on for this 💀

I live in NC and am a NCSU alum, clocked long hours in Poe Hall. People have health concerns? It's more than the cancer cases from people who've spent hours and hours in Poe Hall, there are people whose kids have been developmentally impacted, there are people that I went to school with that have already passed away. There's a lot of local media attention (e.g., NCSU threw out air filters in January that should have been kept and tested, WRAL has footage of them in a dumpster) and law office rumblings on this that the chancellor is not going to address and you're otherwise not going to hear about... so if you're throwing cold water on all of this by making a trite counterargument in the hypothetical about what's "accurate" or not, you're helping nothing. Y'all need "facts?" What has been found in the building (so far) is a PCB called Aroclor 1262, which has a half-life in the body on the magnitude of years. These types of chlorinated hydrocarbons (which is what a polycarbonate biphenyl is, or PCB for short) can be present in all sorts of building materials, from the literal material making up the walls to the caulk sealing ductwork all over the building. PCBs also bioaccumulate, meaning that as you absorb more and more of it through dust in the air, your skin, food, etc. from exposure in the environment, it simply builds up in the body. It is a known carcinogen, commonly having negative impacts on the liver, respiratory system, and skin, and also being known to cause breast cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma according to the very same consulting firm that NCSU hired to investigate this. The Aroclor 1262 compound was found after testing with the HVAC system OFF... so they really don't know what they're dealing with until they can test more. And they're dragging their feet, playing blame games with NIOSH instead of leading the charge on gathering information and taking care of the Wolfpack community. To say that NCSU fumbled the ball on this is an understatement. To say that they've been responsive to the concerns of students, faculty, and staff over time, who've been complaining about the building for years, is a fabrication. They're in damage control, there is no sincere compassionate vibe that isn't merely a put-on for PR. I'm not at all proud anymore to say I went to NCSU.

ok idc give us health screenings for faculty and investigations into other buildings built at the same time.

You should also update us on y’all giving compensation to the cancer victims 🤒

I'm sure the 120+ faculty, staff, and students who have already been diagnosed with cancer and other health concerns would like more than "updates on your progress". What will you do for them? You talk about closing Poe Hall as such a "difficult decision to make" while that should have been an EASY decision to make in protection of students and staff.

@jfendelm

4 ай бұрын

Let me clarify, I do not advocate for one side or the other and ask the following as an unbiased outsider. Are the 120+ cancer diagnoses to which you refer the direct result of working in Poe Hall? How do we know this? What is your source? When making bold statement like this blaming someone it is useful to have the references and accurate facts.

@SomeOrdinaryJoe

4 ай бұрын

bro...more than 120 people, all connected to poe hall, have been diagnosed with cancer. Are we seeing those statistics over at centennial? no. However, we do get a bunch of suicides :)@@jfendelm

@hd-vp2go

4 ай бұрын

wral did an analysis on it, and it was found that the faculty that spent time in poe hall for an extended period of time had over 3x the likelihood of developing cancer compared to the average in nc i believe - i don't think enough testing has been done to show a 100% correlation but there is a strong correlation of it, especially since the PCBS found were 38x over the limit that is deemed unsafe@@jfendelm

@user-oj3wk1du2e

4 ай бұрын

@@jfendelm the answer is yes. a source is not hard to find (kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2aBk5OJZpeZYbA.html), and these are real people we are talking about with very real diagnoses. The levels of Aroclor 1262 found in the bad sample were 30+ times higher than what the EPA says is acceptable. Is this enough references and accurate facts to satisfy your boneheaded gaslighting? Go "help" somewhere else with your ignorant (apologies, unbiased) commentary.

I graduated from NCSU back in 2006 and things have changed a lot since then but more in a positive direction in my opinion.

If not for other comments would have no idea what this video was about.

My father was a professor at State for almost 40 years and his office was in Poe Hall

So is the a liaison that people who are affected by this can contact at the school?

When I was at NC State, it was widely recognized that Poe Hall’s exterior is Hartz Mountain Bird Seed.

Let the randy simps roll in. I swear he has more sympathizers and appologists than most dictators. People oughta know that he doesn't need you to be his PR agent.

@LaneyAJ

4 ай бұрын

accurate statement

Give times, dates, milestones, who are you’re contracting with, geez what an ineffective public announcement. 🤡 not making me proud of my alma mater sir

Did this tell us literally anything

Dude, I dont actually care if you ‘care’, I care if we’re going to see doors opened to get health screenings and support. Even just some guidance for health screenings! Nobody knows what to do!

bruh

I like that they turned off the down thumbs, so the statistics are off, I wonder how many out of the 7.4k that watch put thumbs down? And with that in mind, thumbs down by thumbs uping my post so we can get a proper statistic evaluation. guess thumbs down here is also turned off 😢

yall cant use ur 8 billion dollar endowment to fix this??? woooooow dont expect me to donate in any day of giving

@OBXtriwolf

4 ай бұрын

Speaking of 8 billion dollar endowment, we don’t have enough money to pay off Kevin Keatts?

👀👀👀👀😳

Quit yappin and pay up

No, you dont hear us and you don't see us. I spent upwards of 5 hours a week in that building to study and i might have fucking cancer bc of that? over 120 CONFIRMED cases of cancer with links to that building and not even something as simple as offering a free medical scan for the faculty and students? I pay almost 12k a semester to get treated like a 2nd rate citizen. Also, this video is a giant nothing burger.

LMAO we don’t trust you

This is rich. I’m sure those diagnosed with cancer and life-changing, devastating diseases really appreciated and felt “seen and heard” by this 2 minute video. In what world did the marketing team actually think this would land well?