PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Chestnut Accelerated Middle School (Talented and Gifted)
Street	355 Plainfield Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	274
Student % minority	89%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	67
Number of chemicals affecting school	47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	17th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	21,456
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	4th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	66
Toxic Hazard	4,033.24

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.83 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 4.13 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	3,628.57
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	80.21
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	71.45
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	46.30
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	40.80

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	3,692.73
Chromium	182.71
Formaldehyde	124.74
Nickel	12.81
Epichlorohydrin	6.87
Acrylic acid	3.61
Certain glycol ethers	2.69
Antimony compounds	2.52
Lead compounds	2.28
Diisocyanates	0.89
Lead	0.34
Vinyl acetate	0.17
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.17
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	0.14
Trichloroethylene	0.07
Nitric acid	0.07
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.05
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)	0.05
Ozone	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.02
Benzene	0.02
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
Formic acid	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
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	3,628.42
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	71.29
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	59.16
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	44.99
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	40.78

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