NEW YORK – A New Jersey resident is raising alarm after discovering that multiple people had developed rare brain tumors from their connections to the same high school.
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. After other relatives were diagnosed with the same rare brain tumor, he began to search for a connection.
Fast forward to August, last year, when my sister was told she had a primary tumor in her brain. It was stage 4 glioblastoma. Lupiano informed us that my wife had a brain tumour two hours later.
Lupiano created a Facebook post asking Colonia High School alumni if they had any brain tumors after his sister died less than a week ago. The response was astonishing.
There is only one environmental link that can lead to primary brain cancers. That’s ionizing radio. Lupiano said that it’s not contaminated water or air, and that it’s not something in the soil. It’s not something that happens to us because of our bad habits.
Lupiano said that the school was constructed in 1967.
It was virgin territory. It was woods. It was woods. Fill from the construction could have been a possibility, but we don’t have records for 55 years, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormick stated.
The mayor reached out to the state’s health department and federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
McCormick said that they are looking into possible ways to work together with the school and town.
Joseph Massimino of Woodbridge Schools said that he was waiting to hear from environmental agencies what the next steps should take.
I have lived here my whole life. My family was raised here. Massimino stated that the safety and health of our students is of paramount importance to him.
According to the superintendent, he will be sending a note out to the school community to inform them about the status of the informal research.
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