PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Porter and Chester Institute - Chicopee
Street	1984 Westover Road
City	Chicopee
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	63
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	32nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	40,312
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	16th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	386
Toxic Hazard	1,621.99

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.33 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.66 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,091.84
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	135.89
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	126.97
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	72.55
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	31.84

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,098.72
Chromium	261.67
Formaldehyde	224.26
Nickel	19.76
Acrylic acid	8.38
Epichlorohydrin	3.55
Antimony compounds	1.51
Lead compounds	1.39
Certain glycol ethers	1.22
Diisocyanates	0.38
Vinyl acetate	0.24
Trichloroethylene	0.17
Ethylbenzene	0.12
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.)	0.12
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.11
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.09
Lead	0.06
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	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)	0.04
Nitric acid	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Ozone	0.03
Benzene	0.02
Copper	0.02
Manganese compounds	0.01
Diethanolamine	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Formic acid	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
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Manganese	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	1,091.79
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	135.66
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	117.26
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	72.53
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	29.95

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