PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Westfield Intermediate School
Street	350 Southampton Road
City	Westfield
State	MA
Number of students	668
Student % minority	28%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Middle School
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	67
Number of chemicals affecting school	49
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	36th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	46,116
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	21st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	506
Toxic Hazard	1,299.22

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.27 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.33 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	1,036.98
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	54.20
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	51.51
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	31.75
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	20.69

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	1,078.87
Chromium	123.24
Formaldehyde	78.48
Nickel	8.88
Certain glycol ethers	1.94
Antimony compounds	1.91
Lead compounds	1.74
Nitric acid	1.72
Epichlorohydrin	0.93
Acrylic acid	0.42
Ethylbenzene	0.30
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.)	0.23
Diisocyanates	0.22
Lead	0.06
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.05
Benzene	0.04
Ozone	0.04
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
Trichloroethylene	0.01
Vinyl acetate	0.01
Copper	0.01
Cyanide compounds	0.01
Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride)	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Toluene	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Zinc compounds	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
Styrene	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
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	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
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	1,036.94
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	51.51
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	39.98
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	30.85
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INC	Pursuit Aerospace	Chromium	18.76

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