Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School McCarthy-Towne School
Street 11 Charter Road
City Acton
State MA
Number of students 446
Student % minority 30%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 166
Number of chemicals affecting school 76
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 57th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 72,944
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 68th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,687
Toxic Hazard 450.36
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.09 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.46 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Chromium 157.01
Cobalt 121.74
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.) 67.63
Ethylene oxide 48.38
Trichloroethylene 14.45
Nickel 12.47
Lead 7.20
Nickel compounds 6.52
Chloroform 3.66
Diisocyanates 3.37
o-Xylene 2.44
Benzene 1.58
Antimony compounds 0.59
Formaldehyde 0.55
Zinc compounds 0.50
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.47
Maleic anhydride 0.45
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.33
Dicyclopentadiene 0.22
Naphthalene 0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.06
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.06
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.05
Copper 0.05
Acrylonitrile 0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.05
Ethylbenzene 0.04
Peracetic acid 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.04
Nitric acid 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
Silver compounds 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Phenol 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
Phthalic anhydride 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
Cumene 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 86.56
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.) 62.78
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 54.84
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 48.38
PROTO LABS INC. PROTO LABS INC Chromium 31.77
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