PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Shepherd Hill Regional High
Street	68 Dudley Oxford Road
City	Dudley
State	MA
Number of students	923
Student % minority	18%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	78
Number of chemicals affecting school	46
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	71st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	92,420
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	91st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,272
Toxic Hazard	149.44

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.03 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.15 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
MACE ADHESIVES & COATINGS CO I NC	MACE ADHESIVES & COATINGS CO I NC	86.20
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	Boston Scientific Corp.	26.10
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	22.85
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	3.72
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	2.50

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
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.)	88.02
Ethylene oxide	48.96
Chromium	6.49
Diisocyanates	3.96
Nickel	1.48
Antimony compounds	0.14
Certain glycol ethers	0.12
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.03
Nickel compounds	0.03
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	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)	0.02
Nitric acid	0.02
Formaldehyde	0.02
Acetonitrile	0.01
Ozone	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Lead compounds	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Lead	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Chlorine	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
Toluene	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
Styrene	0.00
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Silver	0.00
Phthalic anhydride	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Mercury	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Copper	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
MIXTURE	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
MACE ADHESIVES & COATINGS CO I NC	MACE ADHESIVES & COATINGS CO I NC	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.)	84.18
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC	Boston Scientific Corp.	Ethylene oxide	26.10
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	22.85
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.)	3.72
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	2.50

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