Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Benjamin G Brown
Street 201 Willow Avenue
City Somerville
State MA
Number of students 211
Student % minority 40%
Type Regular School
Status 1
Level Elementary
Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 143
Number of chemicals affecting school 66
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 42nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 53,602
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 27th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 668
Toxic Hazard 983.05
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 1.01 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 379.25
Chromium 264.67
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.) 132.90
Trichloroethylene 55.66
Ethylene oxide 25.65
Nickel compounds 24.78
Nickel 21.54
Chloroform 19.18
Hydrazine 18.99
Benzene 13.97
Lead 11.43
Diisocyanates 7.40
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 1.05
Naphthalene 0.98
Zinc compounds 0.97
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.96
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.71
Ethylbenzene 0.71
Formaldehyde 0.66
Lead compounds 0.23
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.22
Triethylamine 0.19
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.19
Antimony compounds 0.18
Copper 0.13
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.08
Hydrogen cyanide 0.05
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Nitric acid 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Toluene 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
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Acetonitrile 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
o-Xylene 0.00
Pyridine 0.00
Manganese 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
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 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 284.35
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.) 132.90
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 131.90
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 72.48
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC Pursuit Aerospace Cobalt 58.99
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