PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	North Grafton Elementary
Street	44 Waterville Street
City	North Grafton
State	MA
Number of students	244
Student % minority	33%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	106
Number of chemicals affecting school	63
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	66th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	84,850
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	86th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,148
Toxic Hazard	237.45

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.05 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.24 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	91.10
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	49.38
WYMAN-GORDON CO	Berkshire Hathaway	20.61
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	13.36
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	11.51

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	91.10
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.)	77.51
Chromium	36.89
Nickel	17.66
Maleic anhydride	3.86
Cadmium compounds	3.10
Diisocyanates	2.39
Antimony compounds	1.37
Dicyclopentadiene	1.36
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.41
Acrylonitrile	0.37
Peracetic acid	0.30
Chlorine	0.23
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.23
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.12
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.07
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.07
Formaldehyde	0.06
Nitric acid	0.06
Nickel compounds	0.05
Lead compounds	0.03
Butyl acrylate	0.03
Acetonitrile	0.02
Lead	0.02
Phenol	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
Copper	0.02
Pyridine	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	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
Methanol	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
Silver compounds	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Mercury	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
Formic acid	0.00
Silver	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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	91.10
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	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.)	49.37
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	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.)	13.36
WYMAN-GORDON CO	Berkshire Hathaway	Nickel	11.85
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.)	11.51

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