June 02, 2026
N.C. State Cleared to Demolish Building After Tests Showed Toxic Chemicals Present
North Carolina State University can demolish a campus building in which a toxic chemical linked to increased health risks was found. The clearance comes after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed off, according to a letter to the campus community and ABC11, a local broadcast station.
The building, Poe Hall, was first closed in November 2023. Since then, current and former students and employees who worked or studied within its walls have raised concerns that the contamination harmed them. Some said they’d expressed wariness of the building’s safety well before it was closed, and many have voiced frustration with the administration’s response since.
Poe served as home to the College of Education and Psychology Department for decades. The university will construct a new facility on the site.
