PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Joseph Metcalf School
Street	2019 Northampton Street
City	Holyoke
State	MA
Number of students	373
Student % minority	81%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	60
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	25th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	31,412
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	8th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	178
Toxic Hazard	2,316.73

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.48 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.37 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,976.52
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	123.35
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	35.23
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	29.85
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	25.44

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,979.34
Chromium	238.86
Formaldehyde	60.36
Nickel	17.87
Epichlorohydrin	10.41
Certain glycol ethers	2.92
Antimony compounds	1.96
Lead compounds	1.73
Diisocyanates	1.28
Acrylic acid	1.05
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.18
Ethylbenzene	0.18
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	0.09
Nitric acid	0.07
Vinyl acetate	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Ozone	0.04
Trichloroethylene	0.03
Benzene	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
Copper	0.02
Manganese compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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	1,976.44
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	113.92
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	34.24
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	29.80
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	23.06

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