Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Newton South High
Street 140 Brandeis Road
City Newton Centre
State MA
Number of students 1,837
Student % minority 43%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level High School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 160
Number of chemicals affecting school 67
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 45th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 58,151
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 39th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 957
Toxic Hazard 830.48
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.17 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.85 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 350.42
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.) 204.99
Chromium 155.60
Ethylene oxide 29.84
Trichloroethylene 26.17
Nickel 14.38
Nickel compounds 11.82
Chloroform 8.67
Lead 7.37
Diisocyanates 6.29
Cadmium compounds 5.93
Benzene 3.80
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.88
Formaldehyde 0.77
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.67
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.64
Zinc compounds 0.54
Chlorine 0.30
Antimony compounds 0.24
Naphthalene 0.18
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.16
Copper 0.15
Ethylbenzene 0.11
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.09
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Triethylamine 0.06
Certain glycol ethers 0.06
Lead compounds 0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.03
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.03
Nitric acid 0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.02
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
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Silver 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
o-Xylene 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Silver 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 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
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.) 204.52
DEPUY SYNTHES A JOHNSON & JOHNSON CO Johnson & Johnson Cobalt 173.59
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 149.54
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 68.33
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 38.12
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