PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Holyoke STEM Academy
Street	1045 Main Street
City	Holyoke
State	MA
Number of students	290
Student % minority	86%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	61
Number of chemicals affecting school	48
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	23rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	29,144
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	6th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	130
Toxic Hazard	2,577.92

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.53 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.64 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	2,264.75
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	68.04
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	38.46
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	37.58
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	26.66

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	2,318.04
Chromium	148.51
Formaldehyde	69.98
Epichlorohydrin	13.55
Nickel	10.56
Certain glycol ethers	9.70
Antimony compounds	2.09
Lead compounds	1.89
Acrylic acid	1.18
Diisocyanates	1.05
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.59
Ethylbenzene	0.16
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	0.11
Vinyl acetate	0.07
Nitric acid	0.06
Ozone	0.04
Trichloroethylene	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
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
Benzene	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Copper	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	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
Cyanide compounds	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	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	2,264.66
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	50.18
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	38.39
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	36.52
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	24.17

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