Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Helen R Donaghue School
Street 24 Union Street Ext.
City Merrimac
State MA
Number of students 250
Student % minority 11%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 122
Number of chemicals affecting school 54
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 53rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 68,829
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 60th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,479
Toxic Hazard 543.36
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.11 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.56 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Hydrazine 298.74
Chromium 103.85
Cobalt 100.79
Trichloroethylene 12.62
Nickel 6.34
Lead 6.06
Nickel compounds 5.98
Diisocyanates 3.60
Chloroform 2.13
Benzene 1.22
Zinc compounds 0.43
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.43
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.35
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.15
Formaldehyde 0.10
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.09
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.05
Naphthalene 0.05
Copper 0.04
Lead compounds 0.04
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Ethylbenzene 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.03
Triethylamine 0.03
Toluene 0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.02
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.02
Antimony compounds 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.01
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
Nitric acid 0.01
Certain glycol ethers 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Acetonitrile 0.00
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like compounds are present as contaminants in a chemical and if they were created during the manufacturing of that chemical.) 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
Mercury compounds 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 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
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0.00
Tetrabromobisphenol A 0.00
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Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
UNION SPECIALTIES INC UNION SPECIALTIES INC Hydrazine 298.74
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 80.90
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 49.99
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 20.62
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 12.62
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