Submitted by fraaankie485 t3_z1v9hg in newjersey
42ndRedBalloonFromUp t1_ixd9tp5 wrote
My wife and I moved to Colonia 2 years ago and have a 6 month old. How concerned should I be when she gets to be school age? Looks like we’re gonna be heading out once she hits around 10 to avoid the risk.
Irlydidnthaveachoice t1_ixe0kwv wrote
A link between the cancer cluster and the school has not been established. Could they find something, sure that possibility exists but considering they have preformed a radiation survey and results were negative, more than likely the school is not the issue.
Yoshiyo0211 t1_ixibes2 wrote
Is it a possibility that it's not the school grounds but the residential areas in Colonia?
Irlydidnthaveachoice t1_ixim60u wrote
From my understanding, the type of cancer comes from radiation exposure. There are plenty of radiation exposures in our daily life.
Radon naturally occurs and creeps into home's via cracks in the ground. Woodbridge is not in an area where this would be expected though, where the average is below EPA's 4 pCi/L threshold.
Although concerning and worthy of investigation, it appears, especially after the school tested negative and the general population cancer assessment determined that the cancer numbers are not an anomaly, it does not appear to be a cancer cluster
Edits: spelling
Yoshiyo0211 t1_ixjg1ff wrote
Ah! Thanks! Useless info I've learned as a teen living in Perth Amboy from my Natural Science class in the early 2000s. Since Perth Amboy was famous for it's brick making and exterior decorations/facades due to the amt of clay available in the ground basements in Perth Amboy have little Radon.
Yimpa_aum t1_ixgcpdg wrote
Let’s wait for the investigation to be complete and hope for the best.
Although, I would feel suspicious about the school, because this letter was sent out to parents in September:
tashabunn t1_ixgn8qd wrote
Yikes. So 60% of the schools do need remediation…
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