PERI: Air Toxics at School Index

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

School	Westfield Virtual School
Street	94 North Elm St
City	Westfield
State	MA
Number of students	79
Student % minority	43%
Type	Regular School
Status	1
Level	Other
Data Source	CCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school	72
Number of chemicals affecting school	51
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)	35th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)	44,912
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)	20th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)	485
Toxic Hazard	1,360.89

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.28 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 1.39 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

Facility	Parent Company	Toxic Hazard
OMG INC	Steel Partners Holdings	932.55
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	145.87
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	58.28
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	53.48
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	32.19

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Top chemicals

Chemical	Toxic Hazard
Cobalt	977.44
Nitric acid	145.89
Chromium	139.32
Formaldehyde	79.91
Nickel	10.49
Antimony compounds	1.89
Lead compounds	1.76
Certain glycol ethers	1.43
Epichlorohydrin	1.12
Acrylic acid	0.46
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	0.25
Diisocyanates	0.25
Manganese	0.09
Lead	0.05
n-Butyl alcohol (1-Butanol)	0.05
Xylene (mixed isomers)	0.04
Ozone	0.04
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
Zinc compounds	0.00
Hydrogen sulfide	0.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone	0.00
Polycyclic aromatic 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
Copper compounds (this category does not include copper phthalocyanine compounds that are substituted with only hydrogen, and/or chlorine, and/or bromine.)	0.00
Styrene	0.00
Methanol	0.00
Tetrachloroethylene	0.00
Formic acid	0.00
Ethylene glycol	0.00
Diethanolamine	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	932.51
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO	Nitric acid	145.87
ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. - WILLOW MILL	ONYX SPECIALTY PAPERS	Formaldehyde	53.48
PRATT & WHITNEY	RTX Corporation	Cobalt	42.99
KAMATICS CORP	Arcline Investment Management	Chromium	31.28

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