Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Walter S Parker Middle
Street 45 Temple Street
City Reading
State MA
Number of students 464
Student % minority 18%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Middle School
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 150
Number of chemicals affecting school 63
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 13th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 15,563
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 2nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 21
Toxic Hazard 6,121.40
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.26 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 6.27 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 3,118.24
Chromium 999.17
Trichloroethylene 981.34
Nickel compounds 446.74
Chloroform 284.16
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.) 77.90
Diisocyanates 60.61
Hydrazine 46.49
Nickel 34.78
Lead 30.38
Ethylene oxide 13.71
Triethylamine 6.89
Benzene 5.01
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 4.59
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 2.71
Zinc compounds 2.16
Copper 1.76
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 1.06
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.94
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.63
Naphthalene 0.28
Antimony compounds 0.24
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.19
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.17
Silver compounds 0.16
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.15
Formaldehyde 0.14
Ethylbenzene 0.14
Acetonitrile 0.11
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.11
Hydrogen cyanide 0.10
Lead compounds 0.06
Toluene 0.05
Manganese 0.04
Nitric acid 0.03
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 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
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Methyl methacrylate 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
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 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 3,060.16
BOYD CORP INC. Goldman Sachs Trichloroethylene 981.34
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 780.04
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP CHOMERICS DIV Parker-Hannifin Nickel compounds 446.74
CHEMGENES CORP CHEMGENES CORP Chloroform 280.97
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