PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Leicester High
Street	174 Paxton Street
City	Leicester
State	MA
Number of students	414
Student % minority	27%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	80
Number of chemicals affecting school	56
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	73rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	94,852
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	93rd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,317
Toxic Hazard	126.68

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.13 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	55.18
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	18.61
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	14.37
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	12.83
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	7.99

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	55.18
Chromium	30.90
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.)	22.88
Nickel	5.99
Trichloroethylene	4.76
Maleic anhydride	3.24
Dicyclopentadiene	1.30
Diisocyanates	1.10
Antimony compounds	0.46
Acrylonitrile	0.27
Peracetic acid	0.21
Lead	0.05
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.05
Formaldehyde	0.03
Lead compounds	0.03
Nickel compounds	0.03
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)	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.02
Nitric acid	0.02
Butyl acrylate	0.02
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.02
Phenol	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Acetonitrile	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Silver	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	55.18
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.)	18.61
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	12.83
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	9.58
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	Chromium	7.70

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