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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolAgawam High
Street760 Cooper Street
CityAgawam
StateMA
Number of students1,052
Student % minority19%
TypeRegular School
Status1
LevelHigh School
Data SourceCCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school77
Number of chemicals affecting school52
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)4th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)4,435
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)1st
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)1
Toxic Hazard25,446.65

This school's air toxic concentration is 5.23 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 26.08 times the state average at schools.

Top facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
OMG INCSteel Partners Holdings23,836.19
MOTT METALLURGICAL CORPMOTT METALLURGICAL CORP657.41
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWINAssa Abloy510.52
PRATT & WHITNEYRTX Corporation96.52
KAMATICS CORPArcline Investment Management63.06
SOLUTIA INCEastman Chemical57.08
PREFERE MELAMINES LLCOne Rock Capital Partners33.82
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace31.70
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace31.28
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace31.11
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLSStanley Black & Decker18.30
BEACON INDUSTRIES INCBEACON INDUSTRIES INC18.18
MARMON INDUSTRIAL ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPBerkshire Hathaway17.47
OTIS SERVICE CENTEROtis Worldwide Corporation14.94
HYDROFERA LLCEssity5.04
ARCLIN SURFACES - EAST LONGMEADOW CO.The Jordan Company4.78
FUELCELL ENERGYFuelCell Energy3.55
SOLENIS LLCPlatinum Equity3.11
BI-QEM INC.BI-QEM INC2.45
CARDINAL HEALTH / KPRCardinal Health2.25
HAZEN PAPER COHAZEN PAPER CO2.12
WHITCRAFT CENTRAL CT BLDG. 1Pursuit Aerospace1.23
DONCASTERS STORMS FORGEDoncasters0.88
STANLEY WORKS HAND TOOLS DIV.Stanley Black & Decker0.86
CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS INCCallaway Golf0.50
BARNES AEROSPACE WINDSOR DIVBarnes Group0.36
RBC AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS INCRBC Bearings Inc.0.35
MICROCARE LLCMICROCARE LLC0.31
CONNECTICUT GALVANIZING CORPCONNECTICUT GALVANIZING CORP0.23
DYNO NOBEL INCIncitec Pivot0.21
PALMER FOUNDRY INCPALMER FOUNDRY INC0.17
SCAPA NA LLCSchweitzer-Mauduit International0.12
ASTRO CHEMICALS INCASTRO CHEMICALS INC0.09
ADHESIVE APPLICATIONS INC. - O'NEILL ST EASTHAMPTONADHESIVES APPLICATIONS INC0.07
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING COWESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO0.06
RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP INC.RPM International0.06
COLT'S MANUFACTURING CO LLCColt CZ Group0.05
AHLSTROM-MUNKSJO NONWOVENS LLCBain Capital0.05
RANDOLPH PRODUCTS CORANDOLPH PRODUCTS CO0.03
SMITH & WESSON INC.Smith & Wesson0.02
TRELLEBORG COATED SYSTEMS US INC.Trelleborg0.02
TAYLOR & FENN COTAYLOR & FENN CO0.02
TTM PRINTED CIRCUIT GROUP - STAFFORD DIVTTM Technologies0.02
GEMS SENSORS INCFortive0.02
HAR-CONN CHROME COHAR-CONN CHROME CO0.01
O'CONNELL OIL NORTHAMPTON FACILITYO'CONNELL OIL ASSOCIATES INC0.01
TURF CARE SUPPLY-HATFIELD PLANTPlatte River Equity0.01
TRIUMPH ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS LLCTriumph Group0.01
TILCON CONNECTICUT INC.CRH PLC0.01
ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY HARTFORD INC.Temasek Holdings0.00
RATHBONE PRECISION METALS INCCalvi Holding0.00
TILCON CONNECTICUT INCCRH PLC0.00
SIMONIZ USA INC.Syndet Products0.00
ALGONQUIN POWER WINDSOR LOCKS LLCAlgonquin Power & Utilities0.00
DUR-A-FLEXSherwin-Williams0.00
SONOCO PRODUCTS COSonoco Products0.00
OLDCASTLE PRECAST INCCRH PLC0.00
CS-MA LLC DBA CONSTRUCTION SERVICECS-MA LLC0.00
MUSTANG MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTS LLCMAG INC0.00
SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCSHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC0.00
ALTEK ELECTRONICS INCALTEK ELECTRONICS INC0.00
ITW SHINEMARKIllinois Tool Works0.00
NUTMEG CHROME CORPNUTMEG CHROME CORP0.00
SYN-MAR PRODUCTS INC.SYN-MAR PRODUCTS INC.0.00
CS-MA LLC DBA CONSTRUCTION SERVICECS-MA LLC0.00
ADVANCED ADHESIVE SYSTEMS INCADVANCED ADHESIVE SYSTEMS INC0.00
CONSTRUCTION SERVICE LLCCS-MA LLC0.00
E INK CORPE INK CORP0.00
JAMES AUSTIN COCenterbridge Partners0.00
ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COENSIGN-BICKFORD INDUSTRIES INC0.00
ORAFOL AMERICAS INCORAFOL INTERNATIONAL0.00
U.S. DOD USAF WESTOVER ARBU.S. Government0.00
THE SOUSA CORPSOUSA CORP0.00
TTM PRINTED CIRCUIT GROUPTTM Technologies0.00
TTM PRINTED CIRCUIT GROUP MULT ILAYER STAFFORD DIVTTM Technologies0.00
ELECTRIC MOTION CO INC.Hubbell0.00
SAINT GOBAIN CERAMIC MATERIALSSaint-Gobain0.00

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Top 5 chemicals

ChemicalToxic Hazard
Cobalt23,910.37
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.) 967.99
Chromium229.98
Nickel compounds200.09
Formaldehyde103.07

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
OMG INCSteel Partners HoldingsCobalt23,835.20
MOTT METALLURGICAL CORPMOTT METALLURGICAL CORPChromium 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.) 618.09
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWINAssa AbloyChromium 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.) 349.71
ASSA ABLOY ACCESS & EGRESS HARDWARE GROUP - CORBIN RUSSWINAssa AbloyNickel compounds160.77
PRATT & WHITNEYRTX CorporationCobalt71.19

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