PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Alice B Beal Elementary
Street	285 Tiffany Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	299
Student % minority	87%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	77
Number of chemicals affecting school	50
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	33rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	42,547
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	18th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	436
Toxic Hazard	1,484.18

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.30 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.52 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	616.43
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	294.16
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	141.65
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	102.86
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	72.45

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	756.25
Chromium	434.87
Formaldehyde	261.34
Nickel	21.90
Antimony compounds	1.92
Lead compounds	1.74
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.)	1.62
Acrylic acid	1.16
Epichlorohydrin	0.88
Certain glycol ethers	0.67
Diisocyanates	0.52
Lead	0.25
Vinyl acetate	0.24
Trichloroethylene	0.14
1-Bromopropane	0.12
Ethylbenzene	0.09
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)	0.06
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.06
Nitric acid	0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.05
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.04
Ozone	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.02
Copper	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Ethylene glycol	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
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Phenol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	616.41
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	226.41
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	141.41
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	75.86
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	72.42

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