PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Petersham Center
Street	31 Spring Street
City	Petersham
State	MA
Number of students	126
Student % minority	14%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	67
Number of chemicals affecting school	59
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	72nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	93,349
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	91st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,282
Toxic Hazard	140.02

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.14 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	62.14
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	55.34
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	4.73
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	3.85
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	3.16

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Trichloroethylene	62.15
Chromium	56.82
Formaldehyde	8.40
Nickel	5.13
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.)	4.93
Maleic anhydride	0.86
Dicyclopentadiene	0.48
Diisocyanates	0.29
Acrylic acid	0.13
Epichlorohydrin	0.13
Certain glycol ethers	0.12
Antimony compounds	0.10
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.09
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.09
Acrylonitrile	0.09
Peracetic acid	0.07
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.03
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.03
Ethylbenzene	0.01
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.01
Nitric acid	0.01
Butyl acrylate	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Copper	0.00
Lead compounds	0.00
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Phthalic anhydride	0.00
Lead	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Benzene	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
Manganese compounds	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Acetonitrile	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	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
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	Trichloroethylene	62.14
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	51.10
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	4.73
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	4.23
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.)	3.85

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