PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	TOUCHSTONE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Street	54 LELAND ST
City	GRAFTON
State	MA
Number of students	69
Student % minority	45%
Data Source	PSS (private schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	132
Number of chemicals affecting school	68
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	69th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	89,357
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	89th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,217
Toxic Hazard	182.48

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.19 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	68.15
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	54.03
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	10.98
WYMAN-GORDON CO	Berkshire Hathaway	5.89
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	4.88

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
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.)	75.08
Ethylene oxide	68.15
Chromium	15.67
Nickel	6.72
Diisocyanates	4.98
Cadmium compounds	4.25
Maleic anhydride	2.87
Antimony compounds	1.27
Dicyclopentadiene	0.72
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.53
Benzene	0.36
Acrylonitrile	0.33
Chlorine	0.30
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.22
Peracetic acid	0.21
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.18
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.08
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.08
Nickel compounds	0.07
Nitric acid	0.06
Formaldehyde	0.06
Copper	0.04
Acetonitrile	0.04
Pyridine	0.02
Certain glycol ethers	0.02
Lead	0.02
Lead compounds	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
Butyl acrylate	0.02
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Phenol	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.01
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Naphthalene	0.00
Ethylbenzene	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
Styrene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Silver compounds	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.00
Mercury	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Silver	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Cumene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
MIXTURE	0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	68.15
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	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.)	54.02
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	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.)	10.98
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	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
ATLANTIC FOOTCARE INC	ATLANTIC FOOTCARE INC	Diisocyanates	4.73

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