Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School B.F. Butler Middle School
Street 1140 Gorham Street
City Lowell
State MA
Number of students 514
Student % minority 80%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Middle School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 140
Number of chemicals affecting school 66
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 59th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 76,587
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 76th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,891
Toxic Hazard 378.86
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.08 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.39 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Chromium 136.95
Cobalt 106.74
Hydrazine 39.02
Lead 35.17
Ethylene oxide 16.78
Trichloroethylene 11.20
Nickel 8.91
Nickel compounds 4.96
Chloroform 3.47
Diisocyanates 3.08
Zinc compounds 2.46
Hydrogen cyanide 2.12
Benzene 1.35
N,N-Dimethylformamide 1.15
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1.09
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.) 0.85
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.62
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.52
Toluene 0.40
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.38
Formaldehyde 0.36
Antimony compounds 0.29
Maleic anhydride 0.24
Copper 0.13
Dicyclopentadiene 0.09
Lead compounds 0.08
Naphthalene 0.07
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.05
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.05
Triethylamine 0.05
Ethylbenzene 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.02
Acrylonitrile 0.02
Peracetic acid 0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.02
Nitric acid 0.01
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.01
Ethylene glycol 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
Certain glycol ethers 0.01
o-Xylene 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
Butyl acrylate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Acetonitrile 0.00
Phthalic anhydride 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Acrylic acid 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Acetophenone 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
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Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 76.68
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 61.19
UNION SPECIALTIES INC UNION SPECIALTIES INC Hydrazine 39.02
PACE INDUSTRIES - CAMBRIDGE DIV Pace Industries Lead 35.01
PROTO LABS INC. PROTO LABS INC Chromium 21.32
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