PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Birchland Park
Street	50 Hanward Hill
City	East Longmeadow
State	MA
Number of students	598
Student % minority	30%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	76
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	29th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	37,331
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	13th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	311
Toxic Hazard	1,821.06

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.37 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.87 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	845.50
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	415.61
ARCLIN SURFACES - EAST LONGMEADOW CO.	The Jordan Company	133.79
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	86.98
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	75.37

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Chromium	852.93
Cobalt	655.07
Formaldehyde	275.72
Nickel	28.76
Antimony compounds	1.73
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.)	1.65
Lead compounds	1.56
Acrylic acid	0.84
Epichlorohydrin	0.73
Diisocyanates	0.61
Certain glycol ethers	0.57
Lead	0.23
Vinyl acetate	0.14
Ethylbenzene	0.08
Trichloroethylene	0.08
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.06
Nitric acid	0.05
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)	0.05
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.03
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.02
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	650.76
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	415.59
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Cobalt	183.88
ARCLIN SURFACES - EAST LONGMEADOW CO.	The Jordan Company	Formaldehyde	133.79
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	86.83

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