PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Fort River Elementary
Street	70 So East Street
City	Amherst
State	MA
Number of students	379
Student % minority	57%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	44
Number of chemicals affecting school	45
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	47th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	60,509
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	45th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,104
Toxic Hazard	760.59

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.78 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	401.18
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	265.76
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	36.33
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	22.74
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	14.13

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	404.24
Chromium	257.36
Formaldehyde	66.20
Nickel	20.71
Trichloroethylene	8.95
Acrylic acid	0.89
Certain glycol ethers	0.81
Epichlorohydrin	0.79
Diisocyanates	0.33
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.05
Vinyl acetate	0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.04
Ethylbenzene	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Copper	0.02
Lead	0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.02
Benzene	0.01
Lead compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	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
Diethanolamine	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Manganese	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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	401.17
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	245.42
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	36.28
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	22.73
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	20.31

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