Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Tufts University Street M City Medford State MA Number of students 0 Data Source IPEDS (higher ed)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 148 Number of chemicals affecting school 66 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 42nd Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 53,312 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 27th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 656 Toxic Hazard 993.29
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.02 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 397.23
Chromium 256.32
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 127.78
Trichloroethylene 60.08
Nickel compounds 26.56
Ethylene oxide 25.81
Nickel 20.13
Hydrazine 20.10
Chloroform 18.47
Benzene 13.12
Lead 12.15
Diisocyanates 7.84
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.05
Zinc compounds 1.01
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.96
Naphthalene 0.90
Formaldehyde 0.75
Ethylbenzene 0.70
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.67
Triethylamine 0.23
Lead compounds 0.22
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.21
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.21
Antimony compounds 0.18
Copper 0.14
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.08
Hydrogen cyanide 0.05
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
Nitric acid 0.04
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.03
Toluene 0.02
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing) 0.02
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
Acetonitrile 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
o-Xylene 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Pyridine 0.00
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Cumene 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0.00
Tetrabromobisphenol A 0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 0.00
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Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 305.40
CERTAINTEED LLC Saint-Gobain Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 127.78
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 118.55
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 77.85
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 60.08
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