PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH
Street	45 ROUND HILL RD
City	NORTHAMPTON
State	MA
Number of students	11
Student % minority	73%
Data Source	PSS (private schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	45
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	42nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	53,448
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	27th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	661
Toxic Hazard	988.49

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.20 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.01 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	728.33
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	188.93
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	15.51
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	14.11
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	10.39

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	730.56
Chromium	185.91
Formaldehyde	42.93
Nickel	14.81
Trichloroethylene	5.54
Certain glycol ethers	1.67
Epichlorohydrin	1.42
Benzene	1.26
Antimony compounds	1.16
Lead compounds	1.03
Acrylic acid	0.65
Ethylbenzene	0.62
Diisocyanates	0.35
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.09
Hydrogen sulfide	0.08
Nitric acid	0.07
Manganese compounds	0.07
Lead	0.03
Vinyl acetate	0.02
Ozone	0.02
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)	0.02
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Copper	0.02
Toluene	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Diethanolamine	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
Manganese	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
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.)	0.00
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	728.30
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	174.48
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	15.49
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	14.44
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	Formaldehyde	14.11

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