Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Henry Whittemore Elementary School Street 30 Parmenter Road City Waltham State MA Number of students 385 Student % minority 89% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Elementary Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 173 Number of chemicals affecting school 71 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 53rd Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 68,490 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 59th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,470 Toxic Hazard 551.11
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
Cobalt 170.87
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.) 136.11
Chromium 121.64
Ethylene oxide 38.98
Trichloroethylene 25.27
Nickel 12.42
Nickel compounds 11.44
Lead 9.42
Chloroform 8.28
Diisocyanates 4.14
Cadmium compounds 3.87
Benzene 3.35
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.83
Formaldehyde 0.77
Zinc compounds 0.67
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.67
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.64
Antimony compounds 0.37
Chlorine 0.22
Naphthalene 0.17
Lead compounds 0.12
Copper 0.11
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.10
Ethylbenzene 0.09
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.09
Triethylamine 0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Nitric acid 0.05
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.03
Acetonitrile 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) 0.01
Toluene 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 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
Ethylene glycol 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Phenol 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Silver 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Cumene 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
Lithium carbonate 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 145.20
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.) 134.78
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 57.34
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 38.98
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 37.01
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