Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Underwood
Street 101 Vernon Street
City Newton
State MA
Number of students 221
Student % minority 55%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 164
Number of chemicals affecting school 70
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 49th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 63,637
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 51st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,260
Toxic Hazard 677.36
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.14 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.69 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 228.33
Chromium 161.65
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.) 152.36
Ethylene oxide 32.22
Trichloroethylene 32.05
Nickel 15.45
Nickel compounds 14.23
Chloroform 12.31
Lead 9.30
Diisocyanates 5.26
Cadmium compounds 4.62
Benzene 4.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.87
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.83
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.71
Zinc compounds 0.68
Formaldehyde 0.67
Antimony compounds 0.32
Chlorine 0.24
Naphthalene 0.21
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.13
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.13
Ethylbenzene 0.13
Copper 0.11
Triethylamine 0.10
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Lead compounds 0.07
Nitric acid 0.04
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
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
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
Cyanide compounds 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 192.10
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.) 151.15
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 80.85
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 48.97
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 32.22
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