PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Linden
Street	29 Wescott Street
City	Malden
State	MA
Number of students	820
Student % minority	75%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	138
Number of chemicals affecting school	60
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	30th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	38,538
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	14th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	340
Toxic Hazard	1,737.65

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.36 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.78 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	497.67
GE AVIATION	General Electric	444.88
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	367.83
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	94.54
BOYD CORP INC.	Goldman Sachs	78.16

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Top 5 chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	735.71
Chromium	615.08
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.)	94.51
Trichloroethylene	78.16
Nickel	49.54

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Cobalt	394.97
GE AVIATION	General Electric	Chromium	336.20
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	Cobalt	236.49
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	123.48
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Chromium	100.68

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