PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Holyoke Community College
Street	303 Homestead Ave
City	Holyoke
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	60
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	25th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	31,219
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	8th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	172
Toxic Hazard	2,335.94

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.48 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.39 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	2,021.01
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	123.24
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	34.38
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	24.42
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	24.02

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	2,023.20
Chromium	232.56
Formaldehyde	51.16
Nickel	17.44
Epichlorohydrin	3.84
Antimony compounds	1.99
Lead compounds	1.76
Certain glycol ethers	1.58
Acrylic acid	0.79
Diisocyanates	0.68
Ethylbenzene	0.22
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.)	0.16
Nitric acid	0.10
Lead	0.10
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.10
Benzene	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Vinyl acetate	0.04
Ozone	0.04
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)	0.03
Trichloroethylene	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Copper	0.02
Manganese compounds	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
2,4-D	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
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	2,020.93
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	113.81
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	33.41
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	24.38
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	21.78

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