PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Norrback Avenue
Street	44 Malden Street
City	Worcester
State	MA
Number of students	507
Student % minority	68%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	86
Number of chemicals affecting school	58
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	56th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	72,792
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	67th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,672
Toxic Hazard	453.24

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.09 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.46 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	118.56
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	115.51
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	93.01
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	72.77
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	22.23

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	156.56
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.)	127.67
Ethylene oxide	118.56
Nickel	33.07
Maleic anhydride	6.94
Dicyclopentadiene	4.46
Trichloroethylene	1.79
Diisocyanates	1.22
Antimony compounds	0.92
Acrylonitrile	0.77
Peracetic acid	0.59
Lead compounds	0.10
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.08
Phenol	0.07
Butyl acrylate	0.06
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.06
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)	0.06
Nickel compounds	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Lead	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Formaldehyde	0.03
Phthalic anhydride	0.02
Acetonitrile	0.01
Ethylene glycol	0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Styrene	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Copper	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
Toluene	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	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
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Manganese	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
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	118.56
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.)	115.51
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	72.76
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	61.99
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Nickel	31.02

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