A bizarre case is troubling New Jersey society as nearly 100 people who either graduated or worked in a city high school were found to have rare malignancies at some point in their lives.
According to the NYP, Al Lupiano is among 94 former Cologne High School staff and students in Woodbridge Township who have been diagnosed with cancer in recent years.
Among those diagnosed with brain cancer was Lupiano’s younger sister, who died of the disease in February at the age of 44.
Lupiano was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the late 1990s at the age of 27.
Last year, his wife – who also went to school in Colonia – was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. Exactly the same day, his younger sister, who also went to school there, learned that she also had brain cancer.
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After the death of his sister in February, Lupiano was convinced that there was a correlation between the onset of the disease and the fact that they all went to the same school.
Last month, he set up a Facebook group asking locals if they knew other people related to the school and had similar diagnoses.
In less than six weeks, according to Lupiano, he collected the names of 94 people associated with the school who have developed brain tumors.
This disturbing news made headlines in the local media and was highlighted by CBS News.
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Video on TikTok created to report the event also garnered more than 2.2 million views in just 24 hours.
The vast majority of those who developed brain tumors graduated between 1975 and 2000.
“Diagnoses include various types of primary brain tumors, including cancers such as glioblastoma and non-cancerous but debilitating masses such as auditory neuromas, hemangioblastomas and meningiomas.”
On Tuesday, local officials approved an urgent investigation into the school environment.
“There could be a real problem here and our residents deserve to know if there are any risks,” said Woodbridge Mayor John McCormack.
“We are all worried and we all want to know what is going on. That’s definitely not normal. “
Starting this weekend, various radiological evaluations will be carried out on the 28-acre site where the school is located, including the testing of indoor air samples for radon.
NYP
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