PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Brightwood
Street	255 Plainfield Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	471
Student % minority	95%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	70
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	18th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	22,576
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	4th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	74
Toxic Hazard	3,738.26

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.77 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 3.83 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	3,283.13
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	88.49
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	81.35
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	51.14
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	46.72

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	3,349.64
Chromium	203.74
Formaldehyde	152.85
Nickel	14.54
Acrylic acid	4.31
Epichlorohydrin	4.24
Antimony compounds	2.50
Lead compounds	2.27
Certain glycol ethers	2.03
Diisocyanates	0.68
Lead	0.33
Vinyl acetate	0.23
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.)	0.16
Ethylbenzene	0.13
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.13
Trichloroethylene	0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.07
Nitric acid	0.07
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
Ozone	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Ethylene glycol	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
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
2,4-D	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	3,282.99
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	88.26
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	60.00
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	51.12
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	45.40

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