PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center
Street	35 White Street
City	Westfield
State	MA
Number of students	133
Student % minority	24%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Prekindergarten
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)	37th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	47,906
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	22nd
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	533
Toxic Hazard	1,220.99

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.25 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.25 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	911.77
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	59.19
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	53.81
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	32.69
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	23.38

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	957.18
Chromium	141.06
Formaldehyde	80.73
Nitric acid	23.40
Nickel	10.64
Antimony compounds	1.92
Lead compounds	1.78
Certain glycol ethers	1.42
Epichlorohydrin	1.04
Acrylic acid	0.48
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
Diisocyanates	0.25
Ethylbenzene	0.25
Lead	0.19
Manganese	0.09
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Ozone	0.04
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	0.02
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Trichloroethylene	0.01
Copper	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Cyanide compounds	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
n-Hexane (Hexane)	0.00
Methyl methacrylate	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
2,4-D	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	911.73
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	53.81
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	43.66
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	31.76
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	Nitric acid	23.37

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