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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolNorth Middlesex Regional
Street19 Main Street
CityTownsend
StateMA
Number of students779
Student % minority15%
TypeRegular School
Status1
LevelHigh School
Data SourceCCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school117
Number of chemicals affecting school62
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)68th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)87,537
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)88th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)2,184
Toxic Hazard202.16

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.04 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.21 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INC76.28
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital Partners38.70
PROTO LABS INC.PROTO LABS INC28.42
PROTO LABS INCPROTO LABS INC28.42
BOYD CORP INC.Goldman Sachs4.97

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Top 5 chemicals

ChemicalToxic Hazard
Cobalt94.52
Chromium69.54
Nickel10.66
Trichloroethylene6.41
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.) 4.95

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INCCobalt63.81
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital PartnersCobalt30.72
PROTO LABS INC.PROTO LABS INCChromium28.42
PROTO LABS INCPROTO LABS INCChromium28.42
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INCNickel9.54

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2025