PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Memorial
Street	201 Norman Street
City	West Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	198
Student % minority	64%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Elementary
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	70
Number of chemicals affecting school	49
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	13th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	15,683
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	2nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	22
Toxic Hazard	6,057.24

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.24 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 6.21 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	5,613.04
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	87.49
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	71.33
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	52.10
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	41.28

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	5,683.71
Chromium	215.20
Formaldehyde	125.57
Nickel	15.37
Epichlorohydrin	4.24
Acrylic acid	3.11
Antimony compounds	2.91
Lead compounds	2.63
Certain glycol ethers	2.23
Diisocyanates	0.76
Lead	0.43
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.)	0.18
Vinyl acetate	0.17
Ethylbenzene	0.14
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.14
Trichloroethylene	0.08
Nitric acid	0.07
Xylene (mixed isomers)	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
Ozone	0.05
Zinc compounds	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.02
Benzene	0.01
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
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	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
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
2,4-D	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
tert-Butyl alcohol (tert-Butanol)	0.00
Butyraldehyde	0.00
Lithium carbonate	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	5,612.81
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	71.15
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	64.53
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	50.63
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	41.27

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