PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Brandeis University
Street	415 South St
City	Waltham
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	178
Number of chemicals affecting school	71
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	55th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	70,583
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	62nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,544
Toxic Hazard	501.97

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.10 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.51 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	156.48
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	119.91
GE AVIATION	General Electric	60.82
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	44.10
BOYD CORP INC.	Goldman Sachs	22.25

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	145.59
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.)	124.63
Chromium	108.33
Ethylene oxide	44.10
Trichloroethylene	22.25
Nickel	11.37
Nickel compounds	9.90
Lead	8.70
Chloroform	7.02
Diisocyanates	5.98
Cadmium compounds	3.84
Benzene	2.82
Lead compounds	2.50
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.79
Formaldehyde	0.73
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.66
Zinc compounds	0.62
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.58
Antimony compounds	0.42
Chlorine	0.22
Naphthalene	0.14
Copper	0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.09
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.08
Ethylbenzene	0.08
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.07
Triethylamine	0.06
Hydrogen cyanide	0.04
Certain glycol ethers	0.04
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Acetonitrile	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)	0.01
Toluene	0.01
o-Xylene	0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.01
Silver compounds	0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	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
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Mercury	0.00
Silver	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Propylene oxide	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Sodium nitrite	0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cumene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Benzoyl peroxide	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
Tetrabromobisphenol A	0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Cobalt	124.19
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.)	119.88
GE AVIATION	General Electric	Chromium	49.34
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	44.10
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Chromium	31.66

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