Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Northbridge High
Street 427 Linwood Avenue
City Whitinsville
State MA
Number of students 513
Student % minority 18%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level High School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 138
Number of chemicals affecting school 66
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 68th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 87,893
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 88th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 2,193
Toxic Hazard 198.22
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.04 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
(click here to expand list to all facilities)
Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide 98.58
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.) 71.92
Chromium 8.84
Cadmium compounds 6.45
Diisocyanates 5.36
Nickel 3.60
Antimony compounds 0.85
Benzene 0.73
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.64
Chlorine 0.37
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.14
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.09
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.08
Acrylonitrile 0.08
Nickel compounds 0.08
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.07
Nitric acid 0.05
Copper 0.04
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) 0.02
Certain glycol ethers 0.02
Formaldehyde 0.02
Lead 0.02
Pyridine 0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.01
Zinc compounds 0.01
Lead compounds 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.01
Ethylbenzene 0.01
Naphthalene 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Triethylamine 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
Acetophenone 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
Maleic anhydride 0.00
Toluene 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
o-Xylene 0.00
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Styrene 0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.00
Mercury compounds 0.00
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Silver 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Phthalic anhydride 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Cumene 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Lithium carbonate 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0.00
MIXTURE 0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates 0.00
(click here to shrink list to only top 5 chemicals)
Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC Boston Scientific Corp. Ethylene oxide 60.81
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.) 54.85
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 37.76
CHROMA COLOR CORP Arsenal Capital Partners 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.) 7.80
CHECON LLC CHECON LLC Cadmium compounds 6.45
(click here to expand list to all chemicals from facilities)
(return to search)