Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Newman Elementary
Street 1155 Central Avenue
City Needham
State MA
Number of students 699
Student % minority 27%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 180
Number of chemicals affecting school 70
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 49th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 62,759
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 50th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,228
Toxic Hazard 699.27
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.14 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.72 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 289.27
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.) 178.62
Chromium 126.29
Ethylene oxide 38.44
Trichloroethylene 16.57
Nickel 13.28
Nickel compounds 7.64
Lead 5.77
Cadmium compounds 5.65
Diisocyanates 5.34
Chloroform 4.55
Benzene 2.54
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 1.03
Formaldehyde 0.76
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.68
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.57
Antimony compounds 0.50
Zinc compounds 0.42
Chlorine 0.34
Copper 0.14
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.14
Naphthalene 0.11
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Ethylbenzene 0.07
Certain glycol ethers 0.06
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.06
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.05
Lead compounds 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.03
Nitric acid 0.03
Triethylamine 0.03
Acetonitrile 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
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.02
Toluene 0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Phenol 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
o-Xylene 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Acetophenone 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Silver 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Cumene 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
Lithium carbonate 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 0.00
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Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
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.) 176.91
DEPUY SYNTHES A JOHNSON & JOHNSON CO Johnson & Johnson Cobalt 170.27
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 98.97
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 53.71
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 38.44
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