PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Westfield Technical Academy
Street	33 Smith Avenue
City	Westfield
State	MA
Number of students	543
Student % minority	18%
Type	Career and Technical School
Status	1
Level	High School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	73
Number of chemicals affecting school	51
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	41st
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	52,052
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	25th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	615
Toxic Hazard	1,041.21

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.21 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.07 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	757.16
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	57.44
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	54.98
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	30.48
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	21.44

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	801.14
Chromium	136.61
Formaldehyde	81.00
Nickel	10.47
Nitric acid	4.77
Antimony compounds	1.74
Lead compounds	1.62
Certain glycol ethers	1.18
Epichlorohydrin	0.95
Acrylic acid	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.)	0.27
Ethylbenzene	0.24
Diisocyanates	0.23
Lead	0.18
Manganese	0.09
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.04
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Ozone	0.03
Zinc compounds	0.03
Benzene	0.03
Manganese compounds	0.02
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)	0.02
N,N-Dimethylformamide	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Trichloroethylene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	0.00
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	0.00
2,4-D	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
Styrene	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Diethanolamine	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Cyclohexane	0.00
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	0.00
Mercury	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	757.13
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	54.98
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	42.36
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	29.62
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	19.43

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