Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School
Street 21 Notre Dame Avenue
City Cambridge
State MA
Number of students 332
Student % minority 97%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 145
Number of chemicals affecting school 68
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 44th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 57,011
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 36th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 878
Toxic Hazard 865.30
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.18 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.89 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 332.43
Chromium 222.41
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.) 133.55
Trichloroethylene 51.96
Ethylene oxide 27.41
Nickel compounds 22.98
Nickel 18.23
Chloroform 17.22
Lead 11.40
Benzene 9.46
Diisocyanates 6.84
Cadmium compounds 4.38
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1.09
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.00
Zinc compounds 0.89
Formaldehyde 0.78
Naphthalene 0.63
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.61
Ethylbenzene 0.43
Chlorine 0.21
Antimony compounds 0.19
Triethylamine 0.17
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.17
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.17
Lead compounds 0.13
Copper 0.13
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Hydrogen cyanide 0.05
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Nitric acid 0.03
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.02
Acetonitrile 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
Toluene 0.02
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
o-Xylene 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
Manganese 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 266.95
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.) 133.55
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 109.63
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 68.04
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 51.96
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