PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Western New England University
Street	1215 Wilbraham Rd
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	0
Data Source	IPEDS (higher ed)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	72
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	37th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	46,851
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	22nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	519
Toxic Hazard	1,264.17

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.26 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.30 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	344.56
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	314.30
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	156.41
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	151.49
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	75.33

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Formaldehyde	543.07
Cobalt	403.87
Chromium	290.18
Nickel	17.06
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.)	2.05
Acrylic acid	1.50
Antimony compounds	1.43
Lead compounds	1.32
Epichlorohydrin	0.88
Certain glycol ethers	0.69
Diisocyanates	0.61
Vinyl acetate	0.56
Trichloroethylene	0.24
Lead	0.20
Ethylbenzene	0.10
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.08
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.07
Nitric acid	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
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.03
Diethanolamine	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Methanol	0.00
Manganese compounds	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	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
Formic acid	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	344.00
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	314.29
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	151.45
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	120.38
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	55.56

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