PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Lt Elmer J McMahon Elementary
Street	75 Kane Rd
City	Holyoke
State	MA
Number of students	337
Student % minority	73%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	59
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	25th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	30,909
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	7th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	163
Toxic Hazard	2,369.65

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.49 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.43 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	2,161.76
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	36.09
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	28.32
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	24.93
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	24.74

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	2,164.22
Chromium	124.13
Formaldehyde	56.87
Nickel	8.34
Epichlorohydrin	6.79
Certain glycol ethers	2.77
Antimony compounds	2.07
Lead compounds	1.83
Acrylic acid	0.89
Diisocyanates	0.77
Ethylbenzene	0.19
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.17
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.)	0.15
Lead	0.10
Nitric acid	0.08
Vinyl acetate	0.05
Ozone	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Benzene	0.04
Trichloroethylene	0.03
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)	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Manganese compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Copper	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
2,4-D	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
Manganese	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	2,161.67
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	35.07
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	28.27
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	22.60
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	22.43

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