PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Amherst College
Street	Boltwood Avenue
City	Amherst
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	42
Number of chemicals affecting school	45
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	46th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	59,117
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	41st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,014
Toxic Hazard	802.54

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.16 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.82 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	438.77
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	267.17
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	39.15
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	24.22
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	12.67

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	441.50
Chromium	257.58
Formaldehyde	70.26
Nickel	20.81
Trichloroethylene	8.73
Certain glycol ethers	1.01
Epichlorohydrin	1.01
Acrylic acid	0.96
Diisocyanates	0.33
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.07
Vinyl acetate	0.06
Ethylbenzene	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Copper	0.02
Lead	0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers)	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
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
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)	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Ethylene glycol	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
Cyanide compounds	0.00
2,4-D	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	438.75
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	246.73
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	39.10
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	24.21
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	20.42

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