PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	East Area
Street	167-169 Lyman Street
City	Westborough
State	MA
Number of students	0
Type	Special Education School
Status	1
Level	Not applicable
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	148
Number of chemicals affecting school	75
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	55th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	71,273
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	64th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,581
Toxic Hazard	486.61

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.10 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.50 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	259.97
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	61.90
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	59.96
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	14.88
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	12.03

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	259.97
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.)	90.95
Cobalt	49.34
Chromium	42.24
Trichloroethylene	9.01
Nickel	8.39
Diisocyanates	5.66
Nickel compounds	4.44
Cadmium compounds	4.19
Lead	2.29
Maleic anhydride	2.23
Antimony compounds	2.17
Chloroform	2.06
Dicyclopentadiene	1.06
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.34
Acrylonitrile	0.25
Chlorine	0.24
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.24
Peracetic acid	0.21
Zinc compounds	0.17
Formaldehyde	0.16
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.14
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.14
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.13
Nitric acid	0.13
Benzene	0.05
Copper	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Lead compounds	0.04
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.03
Acetonitrile	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)	0.02
Butyl acrylate	0.02
Certain glycol ethers	0.02
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.02
Pyridine	0.02
Phenol	0.01
Hydrogen cyanide	0.01
Ethylbenzene	0.01
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.01
Naphthalene	0.01
Triethylamine	0.01
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Silver compounds	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Mercury	0.00
Silver	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	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
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	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	259.97
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.)	61.89
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Cobalt	47.59
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.)	14.88
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Chromium	12.13

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