PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	North Street Elementary School
Street	60 North Street
City	Grafton
State	MA
Number of students	548
Student % minority	27%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	112
Number of chemicals affecting school	63
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	68th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	88,452
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	88th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,202
Toxic Hazard	192.06

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.04 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	71.18
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	51.66
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	12.17
WYMAN-GORDON CO	Berkshire Hathaway	11.21
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	7.01

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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.)	73.73
Ethylene oxide	71.18
Chromium	22.18
Nickel	10.44
Cadmium compounds	3.54
Maleic anhydride	3.37
Diisocyanates	3.05
Antimony compounds	1.33
Dicyclopentadiene	1.01
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.46
Acrylonitrile	0.31
Chlorine	0.26
Peracetic acid	0.25
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.22
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.14
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.08
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.07
Formaldehyde	0.07
Nickel compounds	0.06
Nitric acid	0.06
Acetonitrile	0.03
Lead compounds	0.02
Butyl acrylate	0.02
Lead	0.02
Copper	0.02
Certain glycol ethers	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
Pyridine	0.02
Phenol	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.01
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Ethylene glycol	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
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
Silver compounds	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Mercury	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
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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	71.18
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.)	51.65
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.)	12.17
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.)	7.01
WYMAN-GORDON CO	Berkshire Hathaway	Nickel	6.44

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