PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL
Street	75 PINE ST
City	WEST SPRINGFIELD
State	MA
Number of students	152
Student % minority	7%
Data Source	PSS (private schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	69
Number of chemicals affecting school	49
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	9th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	10,477
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	1st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	10
Toxic Hazard	9,947.03

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.04 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 10.19 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	9,551.03
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	86.59
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	53.65
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	45.18
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	29.30

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	9,618.85
Chromium	208.51
Formaldehyde	84.77
Nickel	14.91
Epichlorohydrin	5.88
Antimony compounds	3.22
Certain glycol ethers	3.15
Lead compounds	2.91
Acrylic acid	2.17
Diisocyanates	1.02
Lead	0.58
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.)	0.19
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.19
Ethylbenzene	0.16
Vinyl acetate	0.09
Nitric acid	0.09
Ozone	0.06
Trichloroethylene	0.05
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)	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Benzene	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates	0.00

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Chemical	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	9,550.63
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	63.87
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	52.14
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	45.09
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	27.64

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