PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Air Toxics at School 2019

School Info

School	THE VARNETT SCHOOL - EAST
Street	804A MAXEY RD
City	HOUSTON
State	TX
Number of students	317
Student % minority	99%
Type	Regular school
Status	1-Currently operational
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	614
Number of chemicals affecting school	273
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	2nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	698
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	3rd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	227
Toxic Hazard	75,700.59

There are 862 schools with worse air toxic ranks than this school nationwide.

This school's air toxic concentration is 16.78 times the national average at schools.

There are 264 schools with worse air toxic ranks than this school statewide.

This school's air toxic concentration is 7.42 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS BAYPORT CHEMICALS PLANT	LyondellBasell	13,292.20
CELANESE LTD CLEAR LAKE PLANT	Celanese	8,360.54
TARGA DOWNSTREAM LLC - GALENA PARK MARINE TERMINAL	Targa Resources	8,298.22
LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO	LyondellBasell	5,897.50
CLARIANT CORP CLEAR LAKE PLANT	Clariant	3,668.66

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	31,729.07
1,3-Butadiene	15,986.84
Cobalt compounds	4,271.01
Nickel	3,759.75
Chromium	2,848.62
Benzene	2,761.71
Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers)	2,555.59
Chromium compounds	1,713.59
1,2-Dichloroethane	1,382.02
Hexachlorobenzene	1,010.47
Nickel compounds	937.29
Vinyl chloride	758.02
Chlorine	730.69
Sulfuric acid	637.63
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether	618.10
Propyleneimine	577.27
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	472.12
o-Toluidine	423.11
Hydrogen cyanide	314.56
Formaldehyde	252.26
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	224.14
Propylene oxide	209.76
Acetaldehyde	184.25
Acrylonitrile	135.41
Naphthalene	131.99
Methyl iodide	126.13
Carbon tetrachloride	90.21
Dicyclopentadiene	76.96
Chloroform	74.09
Chlorothalonil	60.13
Hydrogen sulfide	58.76
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	58.42
1,2-Dibromoethane	48.42
Hydrazine	48.34
Cobalt	46.47
Hydroquinone	44.75
Diisocyanates	36.35
Acrylic acid	29.40
Molybdenum trioxide	24.23
Cadmium compounds	23.30
Ethylbenzene	22.37
Epichlorohydrin	21.97
Arsenic	20.42
Butyl acrylate	19.47
Nitrobenzene	16.16
Diethanolamine	11.34
Allyl alcohol	11.21
Dioxane	10.24
Maleic anhydride	8.96
Hydrochloric acid	8.20
Manganese compounds	7.92
Chloromethane	7.58
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	5.83
Lead compounds	5.42
Acrolein	4.16
Xylene (mixed isomers)	3.58
Cadmium	3.17
Ammonia	3.10
Manganese	2.88
Boron trifluoride	2.80
Chloroprene	2.71
Carbonyl sulfide	2.62
2,4-Diaminotoluene	2.15
Methyl tert-butyl ether	1.71
Antimony compounds	1.70
n-Hexane	1.24
Nitric acid	1.14
Vinyl acetate	1.10
Glycol ethers	1.04
Hexachloroethane	0.99
Lead	0.89
Copper compounds	0.85
Propionaldehyde	0.85
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.74
Cumene	0.72
Mercury compounds	0.72
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.68
Phosgene	0.68
Phenol	0.63
Benzidine	0.58
Aniline	0.55
Zinc compounds	0.55
n-Butyl alcohol	0.54
Trichloroethylene	0.49
Styrene	0.48
Acetonitrile	0.47
Benzyl chloride	0.45
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0.43
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.42
Phthalic anhydride	0.33
Propylene (Propene)	0.29
Ethylene	0.27
Copper	0.27
Quinoline	0.27
Isobutyraldehyde	0.21
Toluenediisocyanate	0.20
Cumene hydroperoxide	0.17
Urethane (Ethyl carbamate)	0.17
Hydrogen fluoride	0.16
Acetophenone	0.15
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0.15
tert-Butyl alcohol	0.12
Cyanide compounds	0.12
Allyl chloride	0.11
Toluene	0.11
m-Xylene	0.11
Ethyl acrylate	0.10
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol	0.07
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.07
Aldrin	0.06
Ethylene glycol	0.06
Methyl methacrylate	0.06
2,4-Dimethylphenol	0.06
2-Methoxyethanol	0.06
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	0.05
Biphenyl	0.05
Chloroacetic acid	0.05
4,4'-Methylenedianiline	0.04
Barium compounds	0.04
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	0.04
Methyl acrylate	0.04
Dichloromethane	0.04
1,2-Butylene oxide	0.03
Methanol	0.03
Nitroglycerin	0.03
Mercury	0.03
Ethylidene dichloride	0.02
m-Cresol	0.02
p-Cresol	0.02
Triallate	0.02
o-Cresol	0.02
Cyclohexane	0.02
Heptachlor	0.02
Toxaphene	0.01
Vanadium compounds	0.01
Zinc	0.01
2-Nitropropane	0.01
4,4'-Diaminodiphenylether	0.01
Diphenylamine	0.01
Thiourea	0.01
Carbon disulfide	0.01
1,2-Phenylenediamine	0.01
Lindane	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate	0.00
Chlorobenzene	0.00
Vanadium	0.00
Chlordane	0.00
2-Ethoxyethanol	0.00
1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.00
Amitrole	0.00
Acrylamide	0.00
2,4-Dinitrotoluene	0.00
Ethylene thiourea	0.00
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	0.00
1,2-Dichloropropane	0.00
1,2,3-Trichloropropane	0.00
1,2-Dichlorobenzene	0.00
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	0.00
Chlorophenols	0.00
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	0.00
Triethylamine	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Cresol (mixed isomers)	0.00
Anthracene	0.00
CFC-11 (trichlorofluoromethane)	0.00
Diallate	0.00
Silver	0.00
Pyridine	0.00
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene	0.00
Dibutyl phthalate	0.00
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene)	0.00
Pronamide	0.00
Pentachlorophenol	0.00
Selenium compounds	0.00
Aldicarb	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
2-Methyllactonitrile	0.00
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol	0.00
2,4-D ((2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid)	0.00
Permethrin	0.00
Propargyl alcohol	0.00
Diazinon	0.00
Warfarin and salts	0.00
Hexachlorophene	0.00
Pentachlorobenzene	0.00
Methoxychlor	0.00
Carbaryl	0.00
Dichlorobenzene (mixed isomers)	0.00
sec-Butyl alcohol	0.00
1,3-Phenylenediamine	0.00
Bendiocarb	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
p-Phenylenediamine	0.00
Thiram	0.00
4-Nitrophenol	0.00
Ozone	0.00
Trifluralin	0.00
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	0.00
Linuron	0.00
Nitrate compounds	0.00
Benomyl	0.00
Atrazine	0.00
Malathion	0.00
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol	0.00
Pendimethalin	0.00
TRD SECRT	0.00
p-Xylene	0.00
Propoxur	0.00
Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA)	0.00
1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	0.00
Nonylphenol ethoxylates	0.00
Glycidol	0.00
Octachlorostyrene	0.00
Titanium tetrachloride	0.00
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	0.00
1-Bromopropane	0.00
Nonylphenol	0.00
Trypan blue	0.00
Isoprene	0.00
MIXTURE	0.00
Acetamide	0.00
Cyfluthrin	0.00
Dibenzofuran	0.00
Dicamba	0.00
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane	0.00
2,4-Dichlorophenol	0.00
2,3-Dichloropropene	0.00
Dimethyl phthalate	0.00
Dimethylamine	0.00
Dinitrobutyl phenol (Dinoseb)	0.00
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Ethyl chloroformate	0.00
Cyclohexanol	0.00
Creosote, coal tar	0.00
Allylamine	0.00
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)	0.00
4-Aminoazobenzene	0.00
4-Aminodiphenyl	0.00
Benzal chloride	0.00
Benzoyl peroxide	0.00
Bromomethane (Methyl bromide)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
C.I. Food Red 15	0.00
Captan	0.00
Catechol	0.00
Ethylenebisdithiocarbamic acid, salts and esters	0.00
Fenoxycarb	0.00
2-Nitrophenol	0.00
Paraldehyde	0.00
Paraquat dichloride	0.00
Pentachloroethane	0.00
Peroxyacetic acid	0.00
Piperonyl butoxide	0.00
Quinone	0.00
Safrole	0.00
Simazine	0.00
Sodium azide	0.00
Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate	0.00
Nicotine and salts	0.00
N-methylolacrylamide	0.00
Fluorouracil (5-fluorouracil)	0.00
Folpet	0.00
Freon 113	0.00
1,3-Dichloropropylene	0.00
Hydramethylnon	0.00
Isodrin	0.00
Methyl chlorocarbonate	0.00
Methyl hydrazine	0.00
2-Methylpyridine	0.00
Myclobutanil	0.00
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
Strychnine and salts	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS BAYPORT CHEMICALS PLANT	LyondellBasell	Ethylene oxide	13,290.39
CELANESE LTD CLEAR LAKE PLANT	Celanese	Ethylene oxide	8,296.97
TARGA DOWNSTREAM LLC - GALENA PARK MARINE TERMINAL	Targa Resources	1,3-Butadiene	8,295.65
CLARIANT CORP CLEAR LAKE PLANT	Clariant	Ethylene oxide	3,668.65
LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO	LyondellBasell	Ethylene oxide	3,660.59

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