PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Flagg Street
Street	115 Flagg Street
City	Worcester
State	MA
Number of students	359
Student % minority	26%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	81
Number of chemicals affecting school	56
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	64th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	82,962
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	85th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,111
Toxic Hazard	266.83

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.27 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	86.23
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	52.35
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	48.66
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	33.48
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	21.43

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	89.70
Ethylene oxide	86.23
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.)	56.32
Nickel	19.30
Maleic anhydride	5.16
Trichloroethylene	4.19
Dicyclopentadiene	2.53
Diisocyanates	1.27
Antimony compounds	0.65
Acrylonitrile	0.47
Peracetic acid	0.37
Lead compounds	0.12
Phenol	0.08
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)	0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.06
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.04
Butyl acrylate	0.04
Lead	0.03
Nickel compounds	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Formaldehyde	0.02
Phthalic anhydride	0.02
Acetonitrile	0.01
Ethylene glycol	0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Styrene	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
Methanol	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Silver	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	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	86.23
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.)	48.66
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	34.89
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	33.48
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	Chromium	20.64

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