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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolThomas Aquinas College - New England
Street231 Main Street
CityNorthfield
StateMA
Number of students0
Data SourceIPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school17
Number of chemicals affecting school28
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)65th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)84,277
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)86th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)2,136
Toxic Hazard245.13

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 facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.236.40
LS STARRETT COMiddleGround Capital6.50
BI-QEM INC.BI-QEM INC1.90
WHIPPS INCWHIPPS INC0.13
HART & COOLEY LLCEgeria Investments0.11
EMD MILLIPORE CORPMerck KGaA (EMD)0.03
SOUNDVIEW VERMONT HOLDINGS LLCSOUNDVIEW VERMONT HOLDINGS LLC0.02
CE BRADLEY LABORATORIES INCC. E. Bradley Laboratories0.02
TURF CARE SUPPLY-HATFIELD PLANTPlatte River Equity0.01
SEAMAN PAPER CO. OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.SEAMAN PAPER CO. OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.0.00
GARWARE FULFLEX USA INC.GARWARE FULFLEX USA INC.0.00
PEXCO LLCOdyssey Investment Partners0.00
DUXBURY COMPOSITE PRODUCTS DBA PLP COMPOSITESDUXBURY COMPOSITE PRODUCTS DBA PLP COMPOSITES0.00
CONSTRUCTION SERVICE LLCCS-MA LLC0.00
BIOSYNTH INTERNATIONAL INC.KKR & Co.0.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE BALL BEARINGS INCMinebeaMitsumi0.00
SAINT GOBAIN CERAMIC MATERIALSSaint-Gobain0.00

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Top chemicals

ChemicalToxic Hazard
Chromium218.52
Nickel18.11
Trichloroethylene6.50
Formaldehyde1.90
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)0.03
Copper0.02
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene0.02
Ethylbenzene0.01
Manganese compounds0.01
Certain glycol ethers0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds0.00
Xylene (mixed isomers)0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate0.00
Lead compounds0.00
Zinc compounds0.00
Styrene0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene0.00
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)0.00
2,4-D0.00
Manganese0.00
Lead 0.00
Acetonitrile0.00
Toluene0.00
N,N-Dimethylformamide0.00
Methanol0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)0.00
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.) 0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.Chromium218.31
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.Nickel18.07
LS STARRETT COMiddleGround CapitalTrichloroethylene6.50
BI-QEM INC.BI-QEM INCFormaldehyde1.90
WHIPPS INCWHIPPS INCChromium0.12

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