PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	AMHERST MONTESSORI SCHOOL
Street	27 POMEROY LN
City	AMHERST
State	MA
Number of students	30
Student % minority	20%
Data Source	PSS (private schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	45
Number of chemicals affecting school	45
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	45th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	58,196
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	39th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	968
Toxic Hazard	829.30

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.17 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.85 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	481.93
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	231.81
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	50.74
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	30.98
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	14.20

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	485.00
Chromium	226.17
Formaldehyde	89.01
Nickel	18.15
Trichloroethylene	6.84
Acrylic acid	1.22
Epichlorohydrin	1.14
Certain glycol ethers	1.04
Diisocyanates	0.34
Vinyl acetate	0.07
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.07
Ethylbenzene	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Lead	0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.02
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)	0.02
Copper	0.02
Benzene	0.02
Lead compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
2,4-D	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
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.)	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	481.91
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	214.07
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	50.67
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	30.97
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	17.71

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