Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School University of Massachusetts-Lowell Street 1 University Ave City Lowell State MA Number of students 0 Data Source IPEDS (higher ed)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 142 Number of chemicals affecting school 67 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 62nd Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 79,534 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 81st Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 2,031 Toxic Hazard 327.06
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.07 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.34 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Chromium 134.00
Cobalt 89.04
Hydrazine 38.87
Lead 15.12
Ethylene oxide 15.11
Trichloroethylene 9.13
Nickel 8.24
Nickel compounds 4.07
Diisocyanates 2.88
Chloroform 2.84
Benzene 1.19
Zinc compounds 1.06
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.) 0.87
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.81
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.74
Formaldehyde 0.43
Hydrogen cyanide 0.34
Toluene 0.34
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.32
Antimony compounds 0.30
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 0.29
Maleic anhydride 0.25
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) 0.24
Dicyclopentadiene 0.10
Copper 0.07
Naphthalene 0.06
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.06
Lead compounds 0.05
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.04
Ethylbenzene 0.03
Triethylamine 0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.02
Acrylonitrile 0.02
Peracetic acid 0.02
Nitric acid 0.02
Ethylene glycol 0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.01
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.01
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
Certain glycol ethers 0.01
o-Xylene 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
Silver compounds 0.00
Butyl acrylate 0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Manganese 0.00
Phthalic anhydride 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Acetonitrile 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Styrene 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Cyclohexane 0.00
Acrylic acid 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Sodium nitrite 0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol) 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
Acetophenone 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
Benzoyl peroxide 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0.00
Tetrabromobisphenol A 0.00
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Top 5 chemicals from facilities
Facility Parent Company Chemical Toxic Hazard
TECOMET Charlesbank Capital Partners Cobalt 60.24
GE AVIATION General Electric Chromium 54.98
UNION SPECIALTIES INC UNION SPECIALTIES INC Hydrazine 38.87
PROTO LABS INC. PROTO LABS INC Chromium 26.25
PROTO LABS INC PROTO LABS INC Chromium 26.25
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