PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	VALLEY WEST SCHOOL
Street	269 MOORE ST
City	CHICOPEE
State	MA
Number of students	86
Student % minority	28%
Data Source	PSS (private schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	68
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	26th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	32,243
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	9th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	194
Toxic Hazard	2,231.25

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.46 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.29 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,773.93
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	104.07
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	74.26
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	65.53
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	39.33

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,835.47
Formaldehyde	184.24
Chromium	178.75
Nickel	12.67
Acrylic acid	6.44
Epichlorohydrin	5.60
Certain glycol ethers	2.13
Antimony compounds	2.01
Lead compounds	1.84
Diisocyanates	0.71
Lead	0.26
Vinyl acetate	0.25
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.14
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.)	0.14
Ethylbenzene	0.12
Trichloroethylene	0.11
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.08
Nitric acid	0.06
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
Ozone	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	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
Cyanide compounds	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	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	1,773.86
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	103.81
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	65.51
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	54.77
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	38.22

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