PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence
Street	285 Dorset Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	352
Student % minority	98%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	75
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	34th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	42,874
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	18th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	440
Toxic Hazard	1,466.85

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.30 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.50 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	541.01
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	298.63
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	187.10
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	97.04
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	92.89

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	677.52
Chromium	428.79
Formaldehyde	329.79
Nickel	21.21
Antimony compounds	1.75
Lead compounds	1.60
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.)	1.41
Acrylic acid	1.27
Epichlorohydrin	1.00
Certain glycol ethers	0.73
Diisocyanates	0.52
Vinyl acetate	0.31
Lead	0.23
Trichloroethylene	0.18
Ethylbenzene	0.10
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.07
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
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.05
Nitric acid	0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Ozone	0.04
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Diethanolamine	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Ethylene glycol	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
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Formic acid	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
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	540.99
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	229.84
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	186.79
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	92.86
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	71.58

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