PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Veritas Preparatory Charter School
Street	370 Pine Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	501
Student % minority	96%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	71
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	32nd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	40,726
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	17th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	399
Toxic Hazard	1,593.42

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.33 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.63 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	826.33
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	262.98
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	129.80
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	90.78
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	65.31

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	907.46
Formaldehyde	411.24
Chromium	245.38
Nickel	17.21
Acrylic acid	2.83
Antimony compounds	2.16
Lead compounds	2.01
Epichlorohydrin	1.68
Certain glycol ethers	0.99
Vinyl acetate	0.65
Diisocyanates	0.49
Trichloroethylene	0.28
Lead	0.25
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
Ethylbenzene	0.13
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.09
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.08
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.08
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)	0.07
Nitric acid	0.06
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.04
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Diethanolamine	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Styrene	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
Formic acid	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	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	826.30
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	262.32
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	129.76
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	66.96
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	50.27

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