NEW YORK (WCBSS) – A New Jersey man has raised the alarm after discovering that brain tumors were common in people with ties to the same high schools.
Al Lupiano is an environmental scientist and a former Woodbridge Township resident. He said that he has confirmed 65 cases in which people have rare brain tumors. They were all Colonia High School students or had worked there.
I began doing research and the three became 5, the five became 7, and the seven became 7, Lupiano said.
According to the environmental scientist, he was diagnosed with the disease 20 years ago and continues to have lingering problems. He began looking for a connection after other relatives were diagnosed in the same very rare tumor on the left brain.
Fast forward to August, last year, when my sister was told she had a primary tumor in her brain. Unfortunately, it was stage 4 glioblastoma. Lupiano told us that Lupiano had also found a brain tumor in my wife two hours later.
Lupiano posted a Facebook question asking Colonia HS alumni if their sister had died less than a month before. The response was shocking.
Primary brain tumors are only linked to ionizing radio radiation. Lupiano said that it’s not contaminated water or air, and it’s not something in the soil. It’s not something that happens to us because of our bad habits.
Lupiano stated that the school was built in 1967. He is currently working with local officials.
It was virgin territory. It was woods. It was woods. The only possible thing that could have occurred is fill being brought in during construction, but we do not have records from 55 years ago, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormick explained.
The mayor reached out the state health department and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
McCormick stated that we are currently looking at what we can do to help the school and town, and that they will consider any ideas we have.
Joseph Massimino, Woodbridge Schools Superintendent, said that he is still waiting to hear from the environmental agencies about the next steps.
I’ve been a resident of this area my entire life. My family was raised here. Massimino explained that safety and the health of our students are very important to me.
The superintendent stated that he will send a note to the school community informing them of the status of the unofficial research.
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