PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Paxton Center
Street	19 West Street
City	Paxton
State	MA
Number of students	454
Student % minority	14%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	75
Number of chemicals affecting school	54
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	71st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	91,659
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	91st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,263
Toxic Hazard	158.76

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.16 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	48.04
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	46.73
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	30.74
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	11.34
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	5.38

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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.)	51.66
Ethylene oxide	46.73
Chromium	43.18
Trichloroethylene	5.38
Nickel	4.48
Maleic anhydride	3.29
Dicyclopentadiene	1.90
Diisocyanates	0.95
Antimony compounds	0.44
Acrylonitrile	0.25
Peracetic acid	0.20
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.05
Formaldehyde	0.03
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.02
Butyl acrylate	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
Nitric acid	0.02
Lead compounds	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Lead	0.01
Phenol	0.01
Phthalic anhydride	0.01
Acetonitrile	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Styrene	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	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
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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
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.)	48.04
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	46.73
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	30.74
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	7.56
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	Trichloroethylene	5.38

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