Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Ottoson Middle
Street 63 Acton Street
City Arlington
State MA
Number of students 922
Student % minority 30%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Middle School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 161
Number of chemicals affecting school 67
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 43rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 55,323
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 30th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 744
Toxic Hazard 919.78
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.19 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.94 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 373.96
Chromium 241.74
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.) 109.34
Trichloroethylene 53.17
Ethylene oxide 27.76
Nickel compounds 23.51
Hydrazine 22.67
Nickel 17.02
Chloroform 15.00
Lead 14.12
Diisocyanates 8.04
Benzene 6.58
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.52
Zinc compounds 1.05
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.72
Formaldehyde 0.69
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.60
Naphthalene 0.40
Triethylamine 0.29
Antimony compounds 0.29
Ethylbenzene 0.26
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.23
Copper 0.14
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.12
Lead compounds 0.10
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.09
Hydrogen cyanide 0.06
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.03
Nitric acid 0.03
Toluene 0.02
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 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
Silver compounds 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
Ethylene glycol 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
Methanol 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 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 318.25
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.) 108.63
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 101.42
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 81.12
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 53.17
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