Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School John W. McDevitt Middle School Street 75 Church Street City Waltham State MA Number of students 595 Student % minority 76% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Middle School Data Source CCD (public schools)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 169 Number of chemicals affecting school 71 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 53rd Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 68,179 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 59th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,463 Toxic Hazard 558.87
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.11 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.57 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 177.84
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.) 132.31
Chromium 123.65
Ethylene oxide 38.67
Trichloroethylene 26.54
Nickel 12.36
Nickel compounds 11.98
Lead 9.89
Chloroform 8.61
Diisocyanates 4.30
Cadmium compounds 3.76
Benzene 3.58
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.88
Formaldehyde 0.77
Zinc compounds 0.71
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.67
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.62
Antimony compounds 0.36
Chlorine 0.22
Naphthalene 0.19
Copper 0.11
Ethylbenzene 0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.10
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.10
Lead compounds 0.09
Triethylamine 0.08
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
Hydrogen cyanide 0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Certain glycol ethers 0.04
Nitric acid 0.03
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
Silver compounds 0.01
Cyanide compounds 0.01
Pyridine 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
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Propylene oxide 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 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 151.82
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.) 131.01
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 57.37
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 38.70
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 38.67
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