PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Van Sickle Academy
Street	1170 Carew Street
City	Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	256
Student % minority	91%
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)	28th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	35,607
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	12th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	278
Toxic Hazard	1,949.77

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.40 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.00 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,246.25
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	255.70
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	139.26
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	77.83
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	44.48

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,313.28
Formaldehyde	412.69
Chromium	191.50
Nickel	13.46
Acrylic acid	8.09
Epichlorohydrin	3.27
Antimony compounds	1.85
Lead compounds	1.71
Certain glycol ethers	1.57
Vinyl acetate	0.50
Diisocyanates	0.47
Trichloroethylene	0.26
Lead	0.24
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.16
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.13
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
Ethylbenzene	0.12
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.07
Nitric acid	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
Zinc compounds	0.04
Ozone	0.03
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.03
Benzene	0.01
Diethanolamine	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.01
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
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	1,246.20
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	255.19
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	139.22
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	57.40
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	35.77

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