PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	John F Kennedy Middle
Street	1385 Berkshire Avenue
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	390
Student % minority	92%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	65
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	20th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	25,440
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	5th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	96
Toxic Hazard	3,109.45

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.64 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 3.19 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	1,324.19
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	951.41
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	490.18
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	82.72
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	74.02

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Formaldehyde	2,305.14
Cobalt	562.75
Chromium	215.91
Nickel	14.31
Vinyl acetate	2.21
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.)	2.03
Acrylic acid	1.84
Antimony compounds	1.30
Lead compounds	1.19
Epichlorohydrin	0.76
Certain glycol ethers	0.64
Diisocyanates	0.41
Trichloroethylene	0.28
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.23
Ethylbenzene	0.10
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.08
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.04
Nitric acid	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)	0.04
Lead	0.03
Ozone	0.02
Methanol	0.02
Diethanolamine	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Zinc compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Cyanide compounds	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
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	1,321.97
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	951.20
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	490.16
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	63.67
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	54.60

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