PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Thorndyke Road
Street	30 Thorndyke Rd
City	Worcester
State	MA
Number of students	363
Student % minority	66%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	85
Number of chemicals affecting school	57
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	50th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	64,868
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	53rd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,319
Toxic Hazard	643.77

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.13 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.66 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	277.93
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	127.11
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	109.25
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	52.22
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	42.71

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	333.44
Ethylene oxide	127.11
Nickel	98.60
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.)	64.29
Maleic anhydride	6.22
Dicyclopentadiene	3.46
Trichloroethylene	2.19
Lead compounds	2.11
Phenol	1.44
Diisocyanates	1.30
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)	0.96
Antimony compounds	0.92
Acrylonitrile	0.62
Peracetic acid	0.49
Ethylene glycol	0.20
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.07
Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid)	0.07
Butyl acrylate	0.05
Nickel compounds	0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
Nitric acid	0.03
Formaldehyde	0.03
Lead	0.03
Phthalic anhydride	0.02
Acetonitrile	0.01
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Pyridine	0.01
Styrene	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
Copper	0.00
Acrylic acid	0.00
o-Xylene	0.00
Vinyl acetate	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.00
Methanol	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
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Silver	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
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
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Chromium	185.04
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	127.11
METSO AUTOMATION USA INC	Valmet Oyj	Chromium	105.21
KOMTEK FORGE LLC	Crawford United	Nickel	92.89
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.)	52.22

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