A Colonia High School alum said he found 107 people with brain tumors who went to or worked at the school. The township announced results of an investigation.
When Woodbridge Township Mayor John McCormac learned about Lupiano’s efforts, he reached to him and the township subsequently hired an environmental engineering firm to investigate possible contaminants at the school that could contribute to development of brain tumors. McCormac shared the findings of the environmental assessment in a press conference Thursday.
McCormac was joined by Joseph Massimino, superintendent of Woodbridge schools, Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey’s commissioner of environmental protection, Judith Persichilli, commissioner of New Jersey’s department of health, and Kate McGreevy, an epidemiologist from the New Jersey Department of Health. The township worked closely with state and federal agencies in the investigation, according to McCormac.
LaTourette added: “It’s our conclusion at the Department of Environmental Protection that the radiological status of this building and the grounds of this high school are consistent with typical background levels of radiation that are found in New Jersey. In fact, it is at the lower end of those background levels of radioactive materials.”
The health department also looked at brain cancer rates for Colonia High School and compared them to rates of brain cancer throughout New Jersey and the United States.
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