Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Paul P Gates Elementary School Street 75 Spruce Street City Acton State MA Number of students 350 Student % minority 72% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Elementary Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 161 Number of chemicals affecting school 75 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 57th Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 73,406 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 69th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,710 Toxic Hazard 440.72
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.09 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.45 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Chromium 156.92
Cobalt 114.57
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.) 66.78
Ethylene oxide 52.22
Trichloroethylene 13.26
Nickel 12.34
Lead 6.86
Nickel compounds 6.01
Chloroform 3.31
Diisocyanates 3.18
Benzene 1.15
Antimony compounds 0.62
Formaldehyde 0.60
Maleic anhydride 0.49
Zinc compounds 0.48
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.43
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.28
Dicyclopentadiene 0.27
o-Xylene 0.16
Naphthalene 0.06
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.06
Acrylonitrile 0.06
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.05
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.05
Copper 0.05
Peracetic acid 0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Ethylbenzene 0.04
Nitric acid 0.03
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.03
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.03
Triethylamine 0.03
Lead compounds 0.02
Certain glycol ethers 0.02
Toluene 0.01
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) 0.01
Acetonitrile 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Butyl acrylate 0.00
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Phthalic anhydride 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
Methanol 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Acrylic acid 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 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
Acetophenone 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
Cyanide compounds 0.00
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
Lithium carbonate 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 78.73
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.) 61.30
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 52.22
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 50.87
PROTO LABS INC. PROTO LABS INC Chromium 35.02
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