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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolHawthorne Brook
Street64 Brookline Rd
CityTownsend
StateMA
Number of students464
Student % minority14%
TypeRegular School
Status1
LevelMiddle School
Data SourceCCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school105
Number of chemicals affecting school59
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)68th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)87,803
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)88th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)2,189
Toxic Hazard199.06

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INC101.37
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital Partners32.55
PROTO LABS INC.PROTO LABS INC22.23
PROTO LABS INCPROTO LABS INC22.23
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.STERIS4.87

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Top 5 chemicals

ChemicalToxic Hazard
Cobalt110.63
Chromium56.29
Nickel13.54
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.) 4.88
Ethylene oxide4.87

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INCCobalt84.79
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital PartnersCobalt25.84
PROTO LABS INC.PROTO LABS INCChromium22.23
PROTO LABS INCPROTO LABS INCChromium22.23
HITCHINER COUNTERGRAVITY CAST OPERATIONS (VCO/DCO/MCT)HITCHINER MANUFACTURING CO INCNickel12.67

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2025