PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School	Nessacus Regional Middle School
Street	35 Fox Road
City	Dalton
State	MA
Number of students	345
Student % minority	12%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Number of facilities affecting school	15
Number of chemicals affecting school	24
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	77th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	99,413
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	96th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,392
Toxic Hazard	92.21

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.02 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.09 times the state average at schools.

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	80.67
O'CONNELL OIL CO MERRILL ROAD FACILITY	O'CONNELL OIL ASSOCIATES INC	8.37
TANSITOR ELECTRONICS INC	Vishay Intertechnology	2.43
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	0.70
TONOGA INC DBA TACONIC	TONOGA INC DBA TACONIC	0.01

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Formaldehyde	81.37
Benzene	4.00
Naphthalene	3.95
1-Bromopropane	2.43
Ethylbenzene	0.33
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.06
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.04
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	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)	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Lead compounds	0.00
Manganese compounds	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Lead	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) (Alumina)	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

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	80.67
O'CONNELL OIL CO MERRILL ROAD FACILITY	O'CONNELL OIL ASSOCIATES INC	Benzene	3.99
O'CONNELL OIL CO MERRILL ROAD FACILITY	O'CONNELL OIL ASSOCIATES INC	Naphthalene	3.95
TANSITOR ELECTRONICS INC	Vishay Intertechnology	1-Bromopropane	2.43
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	Formaldehyde	0.70