Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School High Rock School Street 77 Ferndale Road City Needham State MA Number of students 446 Student % minority 29% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Middle School Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 179 Number of chemicals affecting school 70 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 48th Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 61,946 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 48th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,178 Toxic Hazard 719.85
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.15 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.74 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 292.86
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.) 199.05
Chromium 123.28
Ethylene oxide 37.52
Trichloroethylene 16.62
Nickel 13.34
Nickel compounds 7.64
Cadmium compounds 5.92
Lead 5.61
Diisocyanates 5.30
Chloroform 4.66
Benzene 2.61
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 1.13
Formaldehyde 0.80
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.67
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.60
Antimony compounds 0.47
Zinc compounds 0.41
Chlorine 0.36
Copper 0.15
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.14
Naphthalene 0.11
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Certain glycol ethers 0.07
Ethylbenzene 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 0.03
Triethylamine 0.03
Hydrogen cyanide 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
Acetonitrile 0.03
Nitric acid 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
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 0.01
Pyridine 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
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Acetophenone 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.) 197.32
DEPUY SYNTHES A JOHNSON & JOHNSON CO Johnson & Johnson Cobalt 173.78
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 100.28
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 50.18
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 37.52
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