Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Bigelow Middle
Street 42 Vernon St
City Newton
State MA
Number of students 435
Student % minority 44%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Middle School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 162
Number of chemicals affecting school 70
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 49th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 62,948
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 50th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,233
Toxic Hazard 694.74
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.14 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.71 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 231.93
Chromium 168.71
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.) 155.05
Trichloroethylene 34.13
Ethylene oxide 31.06
Nickel 16.13
Nickel compounds 15.22
Chloroform 13.17
Lead 9.20
Diisocyanates 5.25
Cadmium compounds 5.06
Benzene 4.16
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.86
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.85
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.71
Formaldehyde 0.69
Zinc compounds 0.68
Antimony compounds 0.32
Chlorine 0.24
Naphthalene 0.21
Copper 0.15
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.14
Ethylbenzene 0.14
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.12
Triethylamine 0.09
Lead compounds 0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Nitric acid 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.03
Acetonitrile 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) 0.01
Toluene 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
Pyridine 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
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Silver 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 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 193.09
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.) 154.65
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 86.36
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 49.22
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 34.13
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