PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Major Edwards Elementary
Street	70 Crescent Street
City	West Boylston
State	MA
Number of students	431
Student % minority	23%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	87
Number of chemicals affecting school	59
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	65th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	84,527
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	86th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,144
Toxic Hazard	241.71

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.05 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.25 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	104.11
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	59.08
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	28.59
ADVANCE COATINGS CO	ADVANCE COATINGS CO	15.45
CHROMA COLOR CORP	Arsenal Capital Partners	12.59

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	104.11
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.)	72.98
Chromium	36.86
Maleic anhydride	8.37
Dicyclopentadiene	7.04
Nickel	2.87
Lead	2.13
Trichloroethylene	2.00
Diisocyanates	1.35
Acrylonitrile	1.14
Antimony compounds	1.03
Peracetic acid	0.87
Formaldehyde	0.19
Zinc compounds	0.15
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.14
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.12
Butyl acrylate	0.09
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.04
Phthalic anhydride	0.03
Nitric acid	0.02
Hydrogen cyanide	0.01
Lead compounds	0.01
Acetonitrile	0.01
Styrene	0.01
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)	0.01
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.01
Phenol	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Copper	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Manganese	0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	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
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	104.11
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.)	59.08
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	28.58
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.)	12.59
ADVANCE COATINGS CO	ADVANCE COATINGS CO	Maleic anhydride	8.37

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