PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	West Springfield High
Street	425 Piper Road
City	West Springfield
State	MA
Number of students	1,186
Student % minority	38%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	68
Number of chemicals affecting school	49
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	14th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	16,754
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	2nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	27
Toxic Hazard	5,595.19

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.15 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 5.73 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	5,214.87
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	80.70
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	54.03
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	47.73
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	31.19

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	5,278.89
Chromium	182.65
Formaldehyde	97.10
Nickel	12.74
Epichlorohydrin	9.19
Certain glycol ethers	4.21
Antimony compounds	2.76
Lead compounds	2.50
Acrylic acid	2.18
Diisocyanates	1.52
Lead	0.40
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.25
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.)	0.17
Ethylbenzene	0.15
Vinyl acetate	0.10
Nitric acid	0.08
Ozone	0.05
Trichloroethylene	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
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)	0.04
Zinc compounds	0.04
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.02
Benzene	0.02
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.01
Copper	0.01
Manganese compounds	0.01
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Styrene	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	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
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	5,214.65
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	59.53
SOLUTIA INC	Eastman Chemical	Formaldehyde	53.93
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	46.38
PREFERE MELAMINES LLC	One Rock Capital Partners	Formaldehyde	31.19

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