PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	STEM Middle Academy
Street	60 Alton Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	297
Student % minority	90%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
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)	30th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	37,956
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	14th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	325
Toxic Hazard	1,774.45

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.36 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.82 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	733.12
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	460.25
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	220.29
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	83.96
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	75.54

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	811.44
Formaldehyde	703.35
Chromium	230.55
Nickel	15.84
Acrylic acid	3.29
Epichlorohydrin	1.85
Lead compounds	1.81
Antimony compounds	1.78
Certain glycol ethers	1.12
Trichloroethylene	0.82
Vinyl acetate	0.80
Diisocyanates	0.48
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.23
Lead	0.23
Ethylbenzene	0.16
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.12
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.)	0.12
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.11
Nitric acid	0.06
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,N-Dimethylformamide	0.05
Diethanolamine	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.03
Tetrachloroethylene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Benzene	0.01
Methanol	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	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
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	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
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	Cobalt	733.09
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	459.44
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	220.23
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	61.93
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	Chromium	58.14

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