PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Rice Square
Street	76 Massasoit Rd
City	Worcester
State	MA
Number of students	458
Student % minority	76%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	88
Number of chemicals affecting school	59
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	66th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	85,527
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	87th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,160
Toxic Hazard	228.69

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

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.23 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	94.33
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	46.39
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	20.57
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	20.20
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	11.27

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Ethylene oxide	94.33
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.)	70.17
Chromium	41.53
Nickel	12.08
Maleic anhydride	4.84
Dicyclopentadiene	1.91
Diisocyanates	1.55
Antimony compounds	0.94
Acrylonitrile	0.45
Peracetic acid	0.35
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.08
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.05
Nickel compounds	0.04
Formaldehyde	0.04
Nitric acid	0.04
Lead compounds	0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Butyl acrylate	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)	0.03
Phenol	0.03
Lead	0.03
Acetonitrile	0.02
Phthalic anhydride	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Aluminum (fume or dust)	0.00
Chlorine	0.00
Methyl tert-butyl ether	0.00
Copper	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	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
Toluene	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Acetophenone	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Mercury	0.00
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	0.00
Silver	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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
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	94.33
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.)	46.39
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	Chromium	19.45
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	13.72
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.)	11.27

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