PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Porter and Chester Institute of Worcester
Street	220 Brooks Street
City	Worcester
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	81
Number of chemicals affecting school	56
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	54th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	69,190
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	60th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,492
Toxic Hazard	534.10

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.11 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.55 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	160.81
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	123.64
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	108.66
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	84.97
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	27.30

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	218.65
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.)	134.14
Ethylene oxide	108.66
Nickel	55.50
Maleic anhydride	6.84
Dicyclopentadiene	4.30
Trichloroethylene	2.14
Diisocyanates	1.19
Antimony compounds	0.83
Acrylonitrile	0.70
Peracetic acid	0.54
Lead compounds	0.07
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.06
Butyl acrylate	0.06
Phenol	0.05
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)	0.04
Nickel compounds	0.03
Lead	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Formaldehyde	0.02
Phthalic anhydride	0.02
Acetonitrile	0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Ethylene glycol	0.01
Styrene	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	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
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Silver	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
MIXTURE	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
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.)	123.64
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	108.66
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	106.95
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	84.95
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Nickel	53.86

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