Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Herbert Clark Hoover
Street 37 Glendower Road
City Melrose
State MA
Number of students 303
Student % minority 27%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 141
Number of chemicals affecting school 62
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 31st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 38,988
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 15th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 350
Toxic Hazard 1,706.19
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.35 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.75 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 703.45
Chromium 583.43
Trichloroethylene 99.78
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.) 95.86
Nickel 46.56
Nickel compounds 45.90
Hydrazine 26.21
Chloroform 26.11
Benzene 18.65
Ethylene oxide 18.51
Lead 14.84
Diisocyanates 10.39
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 7.15
Zinc compounds 1.53
Naphthalene 1.34
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.25
Ethylbenzene 1.19
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.74
Lead compounds 0.63
Formaldehyde 0.63
Triethylamine 0.37
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.36
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.28
Copper 0.22
Antimony compounds 0.18
Nitric acid 0.14
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.08
Hydrogen cyanide 0.06
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.06
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.05
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Certain glycol ethers 0.03
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) 0.03
Toluene 0.02
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.02
Silver compounds 0.02
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.02
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Acetonitrile 0.01
Manganese 0.01
o-Xylene 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
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Styrene 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 472.65
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 343.59
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC Pursuit Aerospace Cobalt 121.77
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 120.48
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 99.78
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