Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Melrose High
Street 360 Lynn Fells Parkway
City Melrose
State MA
Number of students 926
Student % minority 25%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level High School
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) 39,767
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 16th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 370
Toxic Hazard 1,654.81
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.34 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.70 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 696.72
Chromium 513.77
Trichloroethylene 122.75
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.) 97.41
Nickel compounds 56.91
Nickel 39.43
Chloroform 29.28
Hydrazine 28.77
Ethylene oxide 17.84
Lead 16.43
Benzene 13.11
Diisocyanates 12.12
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2.74
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.41
Zinc compounds 1.38
Naphthalene 0.88
Formaldehyde 0.60
Ethylbenzene 0.60
Triethylamine 0.51
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.46
Lead compounds 0.31
Copper 0.27
Antimony compounds 0.18
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.18
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.17
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.11
Hydrogen cyanide 0.06
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.06
Nitric acid 0.06
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Certain glycol ethers 0.03
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.03
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.02
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) 0.02
Toluene 0.02
Silver compounds 0.02
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.02
Acetonitrile 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Manganese 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
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 541.81
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 292.66
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 138.11
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 122.75
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.) 97.41
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