He alleges that some contaminated soil was removed from the site when it closed down in 1967 the same year Colonia High School was built. State Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichillisaid during the press conference a review of the cancer registry by health officials determined the expected number of primary brain tumors for Colonia students from 1968 to 2021 were 98 to 105 and among staff for that same timeframe were 13 to 14. To his knowledge, there was nothing remotely dangerous at the site. The cancer was diagnosed years after these students graduated or worked at Colonia High School in Woodbridge. Notably, brain cancer is rarer than other cancers. Tripadvisor names the world's top 25 beaches, three in the U.S. For the past two decades, he's spoken with other victims, comforting them on message boards and Facebook. Patients would be injected with a small bead the size of a pinhead - and this bead would act as a "factory," secreting a protein that gets the body's white blood cells to destroy the tumor and fight cancer. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. I still dont know what Im going to do with my kids, Komorek told NJ.com. Angela M. DeCillis, a Colonia High School graduate, Class of '95. 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Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world. According to agency estimates, about 21,000 people die each year from radon-related lung cancer. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. He had developed 'rare' brain tumor some 20 years ago. Lupiano was diagnosed with a rare and abnormally large brain tumour Acoustic Neuroma (AN) in 1999 when he was just 27 years old. The Anti-Defamation League said the phrase at the center of the question was popularized as a trolling campaign by members of 4chan a notorious anonymous message board and was adopted by . All are awaiting results from the radiation testing at the school before deciding how to get involved and proceed with the investigation. Woodbridge officials are now trying to determine an underlying cause for the disease. Lupiano says he has a solution, that he's negotiated with the Manhattan-based Brain Tumor Foundation to provide free MRI brain screenings to anyone who may want one. Twentyyears earlier, he was also diagnosed with an aggressive 36-millimeter acoustic neuroma. And it is also great news for all former students.". But in 2021, his wife and sister, also graduates of Colonia, were both diagnosed with rare brain tumors, according to NJ Spotlight News. Phil Murphy, whose administration has also been pushed to get more involved, recently described the tumor cluster as disturbing but echoed Woodbridge Township officials in stressing it was too soon to make definitive conclusions about the cause. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Today, Colonia enrolls approximately 1,300 students, with many said to be anxious about the possible cancer cluster. More recently, a 1999 graduate died in 2016 of a head/neck tumor, while a 1998 graduate was diagnosed in 2014 with astrocytoma, a cancer of the brain stem. Laumbach argued that thousands of suspected cancer clusters throughout the country dont meet federal government standards for that designation even if they are investigated by public health experts. More than 100 primary brain tumors have now been linked to people who graduated or taught at Colonia High. Jon Hurdle, a freelance writer who regularly reports on water and other environmental issues, is part of the NJ Spotlight COVID-19 reporting team. Its not something in soil. Lupiano is an environmental scientist who tested ground samples for toxins over the course of his career and suggested that the school's grounds could be contaminated, according to NJ Spotlight News. Angela M. DeCillis, a Colonia High School graduate, Class of '95. Colonia High School Costello-Greiner Funeral Home - Woodbridge Sunday, January 1, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory Sandra Wilson Sandra Wilson was born to Sarah Wilson and James Bradley on November. Ultimately, if it isnt a radiation source that is causing these illnesses, Lupiano says other tests can be done to pinpoint a cause. More than 100 former Colonia High School students and staff over a 30-year period have been diagnosed with cancer and local parents say the information they're getting on the investigation. "The sooner we can get them to listen to us, the sooner we can do something.". DeCillis passed away at the age of 44 from a rare form of brain cancer. The question is why? "Colonia is not a mega high school. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. "It needs to be investigated, no questions asked," said Elizabeth A. Platz, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. More: 'It can't be a coincidence': Colonia High School community probes mysterious cancer cases. "However, I still think we need to expedite the next phase of testing including water, soil, and air, to determine if more than one contaminant is present," he said. The EPA says that inhaling radon for a long time increases your risk of lung cancer. The Middlesex Sampling Plant, which has since closed, is located on 9.6 acres, about a 30-minute driving from Colonia. He accused the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry of being unresponsive to his calls for a formal probe. They have a lot more resources at their disposal. DeCillis passed away at the age of 44 from a rare form of brain cancer. The vast majority of those who have developed brain tumors graduated between 1975 and 2000, although outliers have come as recently as a 2014 graduate, according to the Star-Ledger. 94 people from Colonia High School in Woodbridge, New Jersey are part of a cancer cluster of still unknown origin. His wife graduated in 1991. "We're all concerned, and we all want to get to the bottom of this. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Only 72 of the suspected cancer clusters were confirmed to have an increased incidence of cancer within the cluster. But just because there is an investigation does not necessarily mean there's a cancer cluster, Platz told Live Science. According to American Association of Neurological Surgeons, glioblastoma is normally extremely rare with an incidence of 3.21 per 100,000 people. Legal Statement. Caitlin O'Kane is a digital content producer covering trending stories for CBS News and its good news brand, The Uplift. First published on April 25, 2022 / 10:26 AM. WOODBRIDGE A New Jersey man is on amission to find a link between rare braintumors inmore than 60 graduates and former staff at Colonia High School, including his wife and late sister. "Today we are very happy to announce that our extensive testing for both radon and radiation, in the interior and exterior, of the school produced no evidence of any cancer-causing hazards that warrant further investigation," McCormac said. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. But doubts that the tumor cases represent a cancer cluster are unwarranted, said Lupiano, who predicted strong protests in the Woodbridge community if state and federal authorities dont start a formal investigation soon. Lupiano also suggested a potential link between Colonia High School and a Middlesex, New Jersey, sampling plant in his interview with NJ Spotlight. No one knows why. McCormac said he was very concerned to learn of the possible link. More than 100 former Colonia High School students and staff have been diagnosed with brain cancer over a 30-year period. The environmental assessment study at Colonia High School was recently completed, in response to allegations that suggested the school had radiological hazards that contributed to diagnoses. Reports claim that more than 60 former students and staff of Colonia High School have been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor called . "I hope the results come back with absolutely nothing," he said. An investigation has been launched after more than 100 people who attended a high school in New Jersey appeared to contract a rare cancer. "I talked to him a little bit and learned about what he had been working on," McCormactoldNew Jersey 101.5. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. He died 15 years ago from brain cancer. More than 120 people who attended Colonia High School in New Jersey have been diagnosed with brain tumors. ", Colonia High School entrance. Last month, he started a Facebook group asking locals whether they knew of any other people associated with the school who had been stricken by similar diagnoses. Because cancer clusters are often suspected in very small subpopulations like neighborhoods, apartment buildings or homes on the same side of the street they can be very difficult to establish, Platz said. The department declined to comment for this story. This is only one of many, many tests that can be performed. Now, an investigation is underway to determine if the school Colonia High School in Woodbridge, New Jersey is linked with a cancer cluster. Many of the former staff and teachers included in the total lived outside Woodbridge Township making the high school, so far, the only clear link. The discovery of the possible link between the school and the brain tumors is so new that it hasn't yet been verified by any agency, and the testing being done there is just part of the effort to figure out the true extent of the problem. A Colonia High School alum said he found 107 people with brain tumors who went to or worked at the school. But in 2021, his wife and sister, also. 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An investigation into a possible brain cancer cluster found no evidence a New Jersey school was the cause of tumors diagnosed in former students, officials declared Thursday. The issue became national headline in the United States after CBS News aired a story on it. ", In an earlier update, Lupiano said many of those who reached out to him about their brain tumor or cancer cases "are former CHS teachers and staff members who didnt live in Colonia, they just worked in the school. Suzanne Russell is a breaking news reporter for MyCentralJersey.com covering crime, courts and other mayhem. Radiation tests are being carried out at a New Jersey high school where over 100 former students and staff are reported to have developed brain tumors and cancerand the . Colonia High School is now the subject of radiation detecting. During a press conference, local and state officials said a probe into Colonia High School, located in Woodbridge, found there was no cause and effect relationship between those illnesses and the building and grounds at Colonia High School.. The onset of brain tumors in more than one hundred people who attended or worked at Colonia High School in New Jersey has continued to baffle experts. He's now among the many calling on the town, state and federal government to do more. The program will take real-time measurements of radiation inside and outside the building, the town said. It is now one of the hottest topics to be discussed on TikTok. Lupiano said he has had meetings with county, state and federal agencies, which he said in a March 25 post "are going well.". Lupiano is wondering whether some of that soil ended up on the school grounds. The plant received uranium, thorium and beryllium ores between the 1940s and 1967, which is the same year Colonia High School was built. 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"I'm getting reports of whole blocks in and around the neighborhood, that they call themselves 'Cancer Alley,'" Lupiano said. Platz expects that public health officials will look for specific overlaps in timing and tumor type. His wife, Michelle, who also attended Colonia high, got a benign diagnosis as well, though the two came 20 years apart. McCormac speaks highly of Lupiano, who worked for nine years after college with EPA emergency responders. On April 10, Mr. Lupiano's list of former students and staff members with primary brain tumors hit 100 names. After his sister's death in February, Lupiano became convinced of a link between the Colonia. during the press conference posted on the townships Youtube page. 2023 NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Brain tumor victims urge federal and state authorities to probe possible link with school. The cause of glioma, the tumor that occurs in the brain or spinal cord, is not known like most tumors, Mayo Clinic says. Meanwhile, the TikTok video sparked panic and a range of conspiracy-theory style comments, with people claiming mold, toxic waste, asbestos and nearby cellphone towers could all be causing the cluster. Environmental scientist Al Lupiano is. I pray we find answers(as of 18:00 4/11, the list stands at 102 individuals). The plant then "decontaminated to the standards in effect at the time," though "overlooked during decontamination were traces of radioactive materials that had been carried offsite over the years by wind and rain to yards of neighboring homes," the USACE New York Division said on its website. Despite the number of possible cases, officials say they must first determine if there is any scientific evidentiary connection between the school grounds and the brain tumors. (Gosselin Funeral Home) In August 2021, DeCillis received . Advertisement. also a graduate of the high school, died recently from brain cancer. A mystery in Colonia 94 people from 1 N.J. high school developed brain tumors. For people who graduated recently, the chances of having cancer now is much lower than those in their 70s and 80s, he said. COLONIA, N.J. -- There is a growing push to go back to remote learning at one New Jersey high school, but not because of COVID fears. The Township of Woodbridge, in cooperation with the Woodbridge Township School District, has taken the proactive initiative to contract with T&M and Cabrera Services, Inc., a nationally recognized radiological and environmental remediation company, to engage their team of environmentalists to begin collecting data at Colonia High School, the town said in a statement. And I know that wears on my brother-in-law, it wears on my parents. In 1999 when Lupiano was 27, he too was diagnosed with a large acoustic neuroma on the left side of his brain. "They'll have the means to do air sampling, water sampling and soil sampling," Lupiano told New Jersey 101.5. . New York, "Al has presented enough evidence that warrants further attention, but we have to rely on the experts to draw their conclusions.". The investigation will consider very granular data on graduates, like their occupations, family history and other activities that could affect their exposures. Normally speaking, you dont get radiation in a high school unless something is going on in that area that we dont know, Raval added, calling for an immediate investigation. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The devoted brother promised his sister on her deathbed that he would get to the bottom of what was causing the apparent cancer cluster at Colonia High. Make no mistake when the department believes that people are at risk we act and immediately so, he told media members. You can reach him at richard.rickman@townsquaremedia.com. "When I looked at the email and I saw the data I just dropped. "Dozens of people have asked me to help them find a way to have a brain scan since they have been having signs and symptoms something may be wrong, but due to lack of insurance or not being able to afford the deductible, have not been able to have an MRI scan," Lupiano wrote in a Facebook post. The cause hasn't been discovered yet, but some researchers suspect . The chances of one person gettingacoustic neuroma are roughly 1 in 100,000, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. It may be that once someone is diagnosed with cancer, they are more likely to take note of other cancer diagnoses or more likely to have conversations about cancer and realize their connections to other cancer patients, Platz said. On Tuesday after a public push by Lupiano local officials approved an emergency probe of the school. "For the most part I'm pretty good today," Lupiano said. Immediately I knew exactly what I was looking at. The number of reported victims has been growing since Al Lupiano, a former student in the 1980s and a cancer victim himself, appealed for names in a Facebook post on March 7. His wife and sister both got it. Both his wife and sister were assigned the same doctor for treatment. She holds a bachelor's degree in biotechnology from theUniversity of Kentucky and master's degrees in food technology from Aarhus University and journalism from New York University. / CBS News. On the exact same day, Lupianos younger sister, Angela DeCillis, another alumna of Colonia, learned that she too had brain cancer. McCormac and Lupiano are waiting to hear back from the EPA. Lupiano launched the bid after his sister passed away from the disease and his wife too was diagnosed with the exact same form of aggressive tumour glioblastoma. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. She too died last month. If no link is found with the high school specifically, Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac, said other potential points of connection in the township will be explored, according to NBC Today. Its not contaminated water. A look back: Al Lupiano was diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a . Without analyzing the data herself, Platz said shes not able to estimate how many of the 15,000 people who have gone through Colonia High in the past 30 years would need to have developed cancer for it to be considered a cluster. But public health experts are cautioning against deeming the tumor cases a "cancer cluster" just yet. Last year, his wife who also attended Colonia was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. Here's the latest for Wednesday April 6th: More sanctions against Russia expected; Zelenskyy warns that Russian troops are regrouping; Second Sacramento suspect under arrest; Severe storms from Texas to South Carolina. COLONIA, New Jersey (WABC) -- Two environmentalists are using a GPS to test for radiation on the grounds of Colonia High School. The Department of Health will work with the federal Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry and will conduct a public health assessment and evaluate the potential for health effects. A single New Jersey man has uncovered a medical mystery apparently linking 100 people diagnosed with rare cancers or tumors to a Woodbridge high school. NEW JERSEY - A New Jersey man has uncovered a medical mystery apparently linking more than 100. The analysis took several weeks. She worked for 16 years to help other rising nurses at Rutgers and RWJ Barnabas Health. A report outlining results is expected in about a month, McCormac said. Whittington a board-certified MD in California claimed several of the brain tumors developed by ex-Colonia High staff and students are glioblastoma multiforme an aggressive cancer which spreads to brain tissue. Al Lupiano, an environmental scientist, began. In a mysterious story, a man from New Jersey named Al Lupiano found out that 100 people with uncommon cancers were linked to Woodbridge Township School District, Colonia High School. The canisters do not poseany danger and do not emit any substance, and are routinely used in homes, businesses and schools to collect radon measurements, township officials said. It is possible that soil from the plant had been trucked to Colonia High School during its construction in 1967, NJ Spotlight reported. Brain cancer is rare, being detected in about one in 15,000 . A majority of former students of Colonia High School developed glioblastoma, a rare brain tumour. Email tips toaudrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Colonia High School Officials conduct a radiological survey on the school's baseball field. A A. That's when Lupiano started looking into the connection. The vast majority dont have a cause that explains the cluster, said Laumbach, who is leading a federal study into the health effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), so-called forever chemicals, among 1,300 residents of Paulsboro in Gloucester County. More than 100 graduates of a New Jersey high school have been diagnosed with brain tumors over the past 30 years, prompting concern that there might be a connection between the school and the tumor cases. Michele M. Vercoski, a partner of McCune Law Group, is investigating the potential link between the rare brain tumor and many former Colonia High School students out of the MLG's office in Newark, New Jersey. I will uncover the truth.. "While we have not yet determined if any contaminant is present, the only link up to this point is that everyone spent a significant amount of time at the school," Lupiano wrote in his Facebook post. In 1999, at age 27, he was diagnosed with a large, benign brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma. Click here to contact an editor about feedback or a correction for this story. Al Lupiano was diagnosed with a "very rare" and abnormally large brain tumor in 1999 when he was 27 called Acoustic Neuroma. And he said New Jerseys Department of Health has been similarly noncommittal. And over the last 18 years, Lupiano has worked forMarine Spill Response Corp. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Hours after Deciliis got her diagnosis, Lupiano's wife Michelereceived similar news. But as the study continues, a number of people in the community are looking for some kind of reassurance. In a memo to the school community, superintendent Joseph Massimino wrote, "Remote instruction is only available in the event of an active health crisis or emergency.". The brain tumor cases, appearing over a thirty-year period, are a significant medical mystery that has caused alarm for experts. The announcement comes on the heels of the development that a New Jersey man who graduated from the high school that he believes is linked to a mysterious cluster of brain tumors dating back decades -- and to his own diagnosis -- says he's gotten a New York City-based foundation signed on to offer free brain scans to people in the community who may not otherwise have access. Al Lupiano, an environmental scientist, began investigating Colonia High School in Woodbridge when he realized several people who attended the school had rare tumors just like he had. "This is only the tip of the iceberg. 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