Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Alice M Barrows
Street 16 Edgemont Avenue
City Reading
State MA
Number of students 356
Student % minority 12%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 149
Number of chemicals affecting school 63
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 12th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 13,983
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 2nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 20
Toxic Hazard 6,989.28
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.44 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 7.16 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 3,155.66
Trichloroethylene 1,516.59
Chromium 998.60
Nickel compounds 724.77
Chloroform 296.50
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.) 78.14
Diisocyanates 61.21
Hydrazine 44.58
Nickel 34.10
Lead 30.52
Ethylene oxide 14.24
Triethylamine 11.18
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 5.31
Benzene 4.85
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 2.96
Copper 2.70
Zinc compounds 2.17
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 1.22
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 1.05
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.62
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.28
Naphthalene 0.27
Silver compounds 0.26
Antimony compounds 0.24
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.19
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.16
Formaldehyde 0.15
Ethylbenzene 0.14
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.12
Acetonitrile 0.11
Hydrogen cyanide 0.10
Lead compounds 0.05
Toluene 0.05
Manganese 0.04
Nitric acid 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.03
Certain glycol ethers 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) 0.02
Methyl methacrylate 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.) 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Styrene 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 3,100.30
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 1,516.59
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 790.27
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP CHOMERICS DIV Parker-Hannifin Nickel compounds 724.77
CHEMGENES CORP CHEMGENES CORP Chloroform 293.58
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