PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	American International College
Street	1000 State Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	70
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	31st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	39,269
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	15th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	356
Toxic Hazard	1,688.13

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.35 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.73 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	708.72
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	412.77
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	198.16
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	85.87
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	78.87

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	789.19
Formaldehyde	633.83
Chromium	236.52
Nickel	16.06
Acrylic acid	2.99
Antimony compounds	1.84
Lead compounds	1.81
Epichlorohydrin	1.76
Certain glycol ethers	1.06
Vinyl acetate	0.74
Trichloroethylene	0.62
Diisocyanates	0.52
Lead	0.23
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.17
Ethylbenzene	0.15
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
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.11
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.09
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)	0.06
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.03
Diethanolamine	0.03
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Tetrachloroethylene	0.01
Methanol	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	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
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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	708.70
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	412.02
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	198.10
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	63.34
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	60.71

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