Woodbridge, NJ finds residents attending local high school not linked to cancer

The city of Woodbridge, N.J., announced Thursday that although more than 120 people have been linked to a brain tumor at a local high school, no signs of a radiation threat or a range of cancers have been found.

New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Shawn LaTourette said his department is not recommending any further testing or remediation and said citizens can be confident schools are safe.

Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac sympathized with those suffering from brain tumors, but argued there was “no causal link” between the school and the cancer.

During the investigation, radon canisters were taken to the high school and analyzed in a lab, according to McCormack. The survey also used gamma radiation scanning equipment.

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“I am very pleased to report that after an extensive field investigation, including assessments of classrooms, school building materials and the entire 28-acre campus of Colonia High School, no radiation hazards were identified that warrant further investigation,” according to NJ Advance Media, the school Joseph Massimino wrote in a letter.

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The finding comes after local and federal environmental agencies assisted Woodbridge in an investigation that followed Colonia High School graduate Al Lupiano publishing his findings on brain tumor diagnoses in the 1990s and brain tumor diagnoses in the 2000s. The theory of the apparent link between junior graduates was followed.

Using obituaries and newspaper clippings, Lupiano collected the names of graduates with rare brain tumors, including himself, his wife and his sister. His sister eventually died of the disease.

Lupiano, an environmental scientist who has tested soil samples for toxins over a 33-year career, believes school grounds may be contaminated, noting that factory sampling in Middlesex, New Jersey was behind more than 100 tumors Potential Contact Factors.

In 1999, 27-year-old Al Lupiano was diagnosed with a “very rare” and unusually large brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma.
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The factory is closed and is about a 30-minute drive from Colonia High School.

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New Jersey Health Commissioner Dr. Judith Persichilli said Thursday that the number of cases identified is in line with statistical expectations given how often people are diagnosed with such tumors.

Fox News’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.