Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School John F Kennedy Middle Street 655 Lexington St City Waltham State MA Number of students 600 Student % minority 50% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Middle School Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 168 Number of chemicals affecting school 71 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 52nd Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 66,405 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 56th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,396 Toxic Hazard 602.95
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.12 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.62 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 195.87
Chromium 158.01
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.) 117.57
Ethylene oxide 37.42
Trichloroethylene 29.96
Nickel compounds 13.22
Nickel 12.22
Lead 11.47
Chloroform 9.27
Diisocyanates 4.70
Benzene 4.20
Cadmium compounds 3.44
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 1.08
Zinc compounds 0.83
Formaldehyde 0.74
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.61
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.56
Antimony compounds 0.36
Naphthalene 0.23
Chlorine 0.20
Ethylbenzene 0.14
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.11
Triethylamine 0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.10
Copper 0.09
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Lead compounds 0.06
Hydrogen cyanide 0.05
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Nitric acid 0.02
Toluene 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
Acetonitrile 0.01
o-Xylene 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.00
Pyridine 0.00
Ethylene glycol 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
Phenol 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Silver 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Formic acid 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 166.23
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.) 116.70
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 63.63
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 42.37
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 37.42
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