Air Toxics at School 2022
School Info
School Worcester Polytechnic Institute Street 100 Institute Road City Worcester State MA Number of students 0 Data Source IPEDS (higher ed)
Air Toxics Info
Number of facilities affecting school 86 Number of chemicals affecting school 59 Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst) 65th Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst) 83,521 Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst) 85th Toxic rank statewide (1=worst) 2,123 Toxic Hazard 256.38
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.05 times the national average at schools.
This school's air toxic concentration is 0.26 times the state average at schools.
Top 5 facilities
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Top chemicals
Chemical Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide 100.25
Chromium 91.29
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.) 33.40
Nickel 19.80
Maleic anhydride 5.38
Dicyclopentadiene 2.56
Diisocyanates 1.34
Antimony compounds 0.77
Acrylonitrile 0.50
Peracetic acid 0.39
Lead compounds 0.14
Phenol 0.09
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid) 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) 0.07
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0.04
Butyl acrylate 0.04
Nickel compounds 0.03
Formaldehyde 0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) 0.03
Nitric acid 0.03
Lead 0.03
Phthalic anhydride 0.02
Acetonitrile 0.01
Ethylene glycol 0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide 0.01
Pyridine 0.01
Styrene 0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0.00
Zinc compounds 0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0.00
Chlorine 0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether 0.00
Vinyl acetate 0.00
Copper 0.00
Acrylic acid 0.00
o-Xylene 0.00
Toluene 0.00
Certain glycol ethers 0.00
Methyl methacrylate 0.00
Ethyl acrylate 0.00
Acetophenone 0.00
Methanol 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
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane) 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
Formic acid 0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate 0.00
Mercury 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 100.25
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC Valmet Oyj Chromium 42.29
KOMTEK FORGE LLC Crawford United Chromium 32.31
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.) 23.57
KOMTEK FORGE LLC Crawford United Nickel 16.16
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