Parents Demand Swifter Action in School Cancer Probe After More Than 100 Brain Tumors Diagnosed

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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 is woefully insufficient.

Al Lupiano, a graduate of the high school, believes there's a link between Colonia High School and brain tumors diagnosed in 108 people over a period of three decades, ending in the early 2000s.

Despite the number of cases, officials first have to determine if scientific evidence indeed indicates a connection between the school grounds and the brain tumors. they want a remote learning option until the investigation is complete. More say the information flow is sorely lacking. "One hundred out of 15,000 have brain cancer -- sure sounds like something we should be concerned about," Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac has said.

 

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