Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Street 55 Lake Ave North City Worcester State MA Number of students 0 Data Source IPEDS (higher ed)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 90 Number of chemicals affecting school 59 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 59th Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 76,654 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 76th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 1,899 Toxic Hazard 378.01
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.08 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.39 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Chromium 139.27
Ethylene oxide 125.72
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.) 80.37
Nickel 20.53
Maleic anhydride 5.38
Dicyclopentadiene 2.49
Diisocyanates 1.48
Antimony compounds 1.07
Acrylonitrile 0.57
Peracetic acid 0.44
Lead compounds 0.09
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 0.08
Phenol 0.07
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.07
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) 0.06
Butyl acrylate 0.04
Nickel compounds 0.04
Formaldehyde 0.04
Nitric acid 0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.04
Lead 0.03
Phthalic anhydride 0.02
Acetonitrile 0.02
Ethylene glycol 0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.01
Zinc compounds 0.01
Styrene 0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Chlorine 0.00
Copper 0.00
Vinyl acetate 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
Certain glycol ethers 0.00
Acrylic acid 0.00
o-Xylene 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Methanol 0.00
Toluene 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Acetophenone 0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane) 0.00
Mercury 0.00
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0.00
Silver 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
Formic acid 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Cyanide compounds 0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 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 125.72
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC Valmet Oyj Chromium 94.05
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.) 46.26
KOMTEK FORGE LLC Crawford United Chromium 27.69
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.) 20.12
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