PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Chester Elementary
Street	325 Middlefield Road
City	Chester
State	MA
Number of students	125
Student % minority	5%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	39
Number of chemicals affecting school	49
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	64th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	83,448
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	85th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,121
Toxic Hazard	258.03

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

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	134.78
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	110.97
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	3.02
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	2.44
MARMON INDUSTRIAL ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP	Berkshire Hathaway	1.72

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Formaldehyde	140.97
Cobalt	111.62
Chromium	3.53
Antimony compounds	0.38
Lead compounds	0.36
Benzene	0.24
Naphthalene	0.19
Certain glycol ethers	0.16
Epichlorohydrin	0.13
Nickel	0.13
Acrylic acid	0.09
Manganese	0.08
Ethylbenzene	0.04
Diisocyanates	0.03
Nitric acid	0.02
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.01
Ozone	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Lead	0.00
Trichloroethylene	0.00
Manganese compounds	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
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Toluene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Copper	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Mercury	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
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	134.78
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	110.97
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	2.43
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	2.33
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	1.61

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