PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Belchertown High
Street	142 Springfield Road
City	Belchertown
State	MA
Number of students	637
Student % minority	14%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	57
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	54th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	70,245
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	62nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	1,527
Toxic Hazard	510.10

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.10 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.52 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	259.94
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	144.93
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	34.53
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	21.44
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	19.63

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	264.20
Chromium	153.13
Formaldehyde	65.03
Nickel	11.68
Trichloroethylene	8.29
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.)	4.61
Antimony compounds	0.73
Lead compounds	0.65
Diisocyanates	0.63
Acrylic acid	0.44
Certain glycol ethers	0.23
Epichlorohydrin	0.22
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.07
Vinyl acetate	0.05
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.02
Ethylbenzene	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
Nitric acid	0.02
Ozone	0.01
Lead	0.01
Copper	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Manganese compounds	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Diethanolamine	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Manganese	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	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	259.93
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	133.84
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	34.48
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	21.43
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	15.11

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