PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	West Brookfield Elementary
Street	89 North Main Street
City	West Brookfield
State	MA
Number of students	257
Student % minority	15%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	85
Number of chemicals affecting school	62
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	73rd
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	94,885
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	93rd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	2,321
Toxic Hazard	126.45

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.03 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.13 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	53.66
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	23.30
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	10.12
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	8.20
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLS	Stanley Black & Decker	5.63

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	54.88
Ethylene oxide	23.30
Chromium	13.89
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.)	11.28
Trichloroethylene	10.13
Formaldehyde	8.93
Nickel	1.64
Diisocyanates	0.83
Maleic anhydride	0.76
Dicyclopentadiene	0.23
Antimony compounds	0.10
Certain glycol ethers	0.08
Epichlorohydrin	0.08
Acrylic acid	0.08
Acrylonitrile	0.05
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.05
Peracetic acid	0.04
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.01
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)	0.01
Nitric acid	0.01
Ethylbenzene	0.01
Lead	0.01
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Lead compounds	0.01
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.01
Butyl acrylate	0.00
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	0.00
Phenol	0.00
Phthalic anhydride	0.00
Benzene	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Manganese compounds	0.00
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Zinc compounds	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
Methanol	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Acetonitrile	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Ethyl acrylate	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene	0.00
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	0.00
Manganese	0.00
Copper	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	0.00
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone	0.00
MIXTURE	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	53.66
ISOMEDIX OPERATIONS INC.	STERIS	Ethylene oxide	23.30
LS STARRETT CO	MiddleGround Capital	Trichloroethylene	10.12
AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC - HOLDEN FACILITY	Avient Corporation	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.)	8.20
INNER-TITE CORP.	INNER-TITE CORP.	Chromium	5.05

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