Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Thomas R Plympton Elementary School Street 20 Farnsworth Street City Waltham State MA Number of students 353 Student % minority 63% Type Regular School Status 1 Level Elementary 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) 54th Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 69,211 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 60th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,493 Toxic Hazard 533.52
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.11 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.55 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Cobalt 171.51
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.) 120.34
Chromium 116.71
Ethylene oxide 40.83
Trichloroethylene 26.00
Nickel compounds 11.49
Nickel 11.24
Lead 10.22
Chloroform 8.40
Diisocyanates 4.29
Cadmium compounds 3.60
Benzene 3.59
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.93
Formaldehyde 0.74
Zinc compounds 0.73
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.60
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.58
Antimony compounds 0.39
Chlorine 0.21
Naphthalene 0.19
Ethylbenzene 0.10
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.09
Copper 0.08
Triethylamine 0.08
Lead compounds 0.08
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.07
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
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.03
Nitric acid 0.02
Acetonitrile 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
o-Xylene 0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.01
Silver compounds 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Cyanide 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
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 146.47
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.) 119.01
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 55.77
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC. STERIS Ethylene oxide 40.83
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Chromium 37.33
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