PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School
Street	1 Industrial Parkway
City	Easthampton
State	MA
Number of students	217
Student % minority	20%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	54
Number of chemicals affecting school	52
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	38th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	48,329
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	22nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	542
Toxic Hazard	1,203.38

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.25 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.23 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	934.50
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	163.21
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	23.78
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	15.51
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	15.18

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	936.39
Chromium	190.99
Formaldehyde	43.27
Nickel	13.62
Ethylbenzene	10.46
Epichlorohydrin	1.35
Antimony compounds	1.29
Certain glycol ethers	1.23
Xylene (mixed isomers)	1.19
Lead compounds	1.14
Benzene	0.73
Acrylic acid	0.61
Diisocyanates	0.37
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.)	0.13
Nitric acid	0.11
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.07
Toluene	0.06
Naphthalene	0.06
Manganese compounds	0.05
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.04
Hydrogen sulfide	0.04
Lead	0.04
Ozone	0.02
Vinyl acetate	0.02
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)	0.02
Copper	0.02
Trichloroethylene	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Zinc compounds	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Formic acid	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
Diethanolamine	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	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	934.46
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	150.73
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	23.10
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	15.48
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	Formaldehyde	15.18

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