PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Palmer High
Street	4105 Main Street
City	Palmer
State	MA
Number of students	535
Student % minority	29%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	74
Number of chemicals affecting school	51
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	66th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	85,261
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	87th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,159
Toxic Hazard	232.09

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
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	85.18
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	19.40
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	19.02
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	18.96
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	15.22

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	89.30
Chromium	84.91
Formaldehyde	28.92
Diisocyanates	7.96
Nickel	6.35
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.)	6.21
Trichloroethylene	6.01
Antimony compounds	0.75
Lead compounds	0.67
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.30
Acrylic acid	0.18
Epichlorohydrin	0.16
Certain glycol ethers	0.15
Nitric acid	0.08
Ethylbenzene	0.03
Vinyl acetate	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
Ozone	0.01
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Styrene	0.01
Lead	0.01
Benzene	0.00
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Copper	0.00
Manganese compounds	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methanol	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
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Manganese	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	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
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	85.18
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	17.59
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	17.25
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	14.79
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	14.59

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