PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	William A Welch Sr
Street	50 Swampscott Avenue
City	Peabody
State	MA
Number of students	230
Student % minority	62%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	123
Number of chemicals affecting school	59
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	20th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	24,366
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	4th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	88
Toxic Hazard	3,322.77

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.68 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 3.41 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
TECHNICAL MANUFACTURING CORP	Ametek	1,102.07
GE AVIATION	General Electric	837.41
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	688.53
PALMER MANUFACTURING CO LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	283.69
BOYD CORP INC.	Goldman Sachs	115.19

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Top 5 chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	1,955.30
Cobalt	942.54
Trichloroethylene	115.19
Nickel	74.01
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.)	59.58

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
TECHNICAL MANUFACTURING CORP	Ametek	Chromium	1,102.07
GE AVIATION	General Electric	Chromium	597.64
TECOMET	Charlesbank Capital Partners	Cobalt	546.46
PALMER MANUFACTURING CO LLC	Pursuit Aerospace	Cobalt	182.40
GE AVIATION	General Electric	Cobalt	178.22

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