“By April 11, he had heard from more than 100 former Colonia High School attendees who had been diagnosed with rare tumors and cancers.”
A former student found the cluster himself with a Facebook post. Some of the sick were teachers and staff who never lived in town. They just worked in the building. He points to the Middlesex Sampling Plant, which once handled uranium ore for the atomic program. Officials started calling agencies only after a private citizen did their job for them.