PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Forestdale
Street	74 Sylvan Street
City	Malden
State	MA
Number of students	594
Student % minority	59%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	143
Number of chemicals affecting school	63
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	31st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	39,972
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	16th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	371
Toxic Hazard	1,641.36

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.34 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.68 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	519.51
GE AVIATION	General Electric	350.27
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	334.51
CERTAINTEED LLC	Saint-Gobain	100.90
BOYD CORP INC.	Goldman Sachs	83.96

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Top 5 chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	707.15
Chromium	536.92
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.)	100.87
Trichloroethylene	83.96
Nickel	41.80

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Cobalt	412.31
GE AVIATION	General Electric	Chromium	269.46
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	Cobalt	215.07
PARADIGM PRECISION HOLDINGS LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	112.30
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Chromium	105.10

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