PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Westfield State University
Street	577 Western Ave
City	Westfield
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	52
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	49th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	62,642
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	49th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,222
Toxic Hazard	702.11

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.14 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.72 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	464.54
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	60.35
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	48.61
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	23.04
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	19.44

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	501.61
Chromium	104.26
Formaldehyde	83.25
Nickel	7.96
Antimony compounds	1.22
Lead compounds	1.15
Certain glycol ethers	0.61
Epichlorohydrin	0.55
Nitric acid	0.32
Acrylic acid	0.29
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.)	0.22
Ethylbenzene	0.19
Diisocyanates	0.16
Manganese	0.10
Lead	0.03
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.03
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.03
Benzene	0.02
Ozone	0.02
Manganese compounds	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
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)	0.01
Trichloroethylene	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Copper	0.00
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	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
Styrene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Mercury	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	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	464.52
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	60.35
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	35.86
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	22.39
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	17.62

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