USA TODAY has released a a special report looking at the level of toxic chemicals outside schools across the country. Click here to be taken directly to the report, where you can search for your school.

USA TODAY used EPA data from 2005 to track the path of industrial pollution, mapping the locations of nearly 128,000 schools.

In New York, schools in the Rochester region ranked the worst. No schools in our area were among the nation’s most toxic, but it’s still interesting to take a look at what chemicals are responsible for the toxicity outside a given school and what polluters are responsible for the toxins.

Searching the database for schools in Westchester County, the Buchanan-Verplanck Elementary School in the Hendrick Hudson school district is ranked as having the worst air, falling in the 32nd percentile nationwide. The report says sulfuric acid is responsible for 42 percent of its overall toxicity and hydrochloric acid is responsible for 39 percent, according to the report.

The polluters most responsible for these toxins include Mirant Lovett Generating Station in Tomkins Cove, Dynegy Roseton Generating Facility in Newburgh and Mirant Bowline Point Generation Station in West Haverstraw, according to the report.

In Rockland County, the Gerald F. Neary Elementary School fell into the 28th percentile. There the problem is sulfuric acid, which makes up 79 percent of the toxicity outside the school. The top polluters were Mirant Bowline Point Generation Station, Dynegy Roseton Generating Facility and Mirant Lovett Generating Facility, according to the report.

Putnam County’s worst ranked location was the Haldane school district in Cold Spring, which was in the 44th percentile. The top polluters were Dynegy Roseton Generating Facility, Danskammer Generating Facility and Metal Container Corp Newburgh in New Windsor, according to the report.