PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Northampton High
Street	380 Elm Street
City	Northampton
State	MA
Number of students	903
Student % minority	29%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	46
Number of chemicals affecting school	51
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	41st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	53,187
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	27th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	649
Toxic Hazard	998.06

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.21 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.02 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	734.82
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	187.79
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	21.27
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	14.42
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	10.07

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	736.98
Chromium	184.54
Formaldehyde	48.23
Nickel	14.71
Trichloroethylene	5.47
Certain glycol ethers	1.42
Epichlorohydrin	1.26
Antimony compounds	1.14
Lead compounds	1.01
Benzene	0.87
Ethylbenzene	0.86
Acrylic acid	0.59
Diisocyanates	0.32
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.13
Manganese compounds	0.09
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.08
Nitric acid	0.08
Naphthalene	0.06
Hydrogen sulfide	0.05
Lead	0.03
Ozone	0.02
Vinyl acetate	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
Copper	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Formic acid	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
Diethanolamine	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
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.)	0.00
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	734.79
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Chromium	173.43
BI-QEM INC.	BI-QEM INC	Formaldehyde	21.27
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	14.39
BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	BETE FOG NOZZLE INC.	Nickel	14.35

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