PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	South End Middle School
Street	36 Margaret Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	187
Student % minority	97%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	71
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	29th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	36,544
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	13th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	295
Toxic Hazard	1,874.42

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.39 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.92 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,199.45
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	219.32
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	111.26
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	87.29
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	45.68

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,273.72
Formaldehyde	346.28
Chromium	223.90
Nickel	16.19
Acrylic acid	3.74
Antimony compounds	2.22
Lead compounds	2.06
Epichlorohydrin	2.05
Vinyl acetate	1.24
Certain glycol ethers	1.16
Diisocyanates	0.53
Lead	0.26
Trichloroethylene	0.26
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.)	0.13
Ethylbenzene	0.13
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.10
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.09
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	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)	0.07
Nitric acid	0.06
Ozone	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Benzene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Diethanolamine	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Styrene	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
Formic acid	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
2,4-D	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	1,199.40
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	218.08
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	111.23
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	64.38
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	42.37

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