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Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolBrightwood
Street255 Plainfield Street
CitySpringfield
StateMA
Number of students471
Student % minority95%
TypeRegular School
Status1
LevelElementary
Data SourceCCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school70
Number of chemicals affecting school47
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)18th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)22,576
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)4th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)74
Toxic Hazard3,738.26

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.77 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 3.83 times the state average at schools.

Top facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
OMG INCSteel Partners Holdings3,283.13
SOLUTIA INCEastman Chemical88.49
PRATT & WHITNEYRTX Corporation81.35
PREFERE MELAMINES LLCOne Rock Capital Partners51.14
KAMATICS CORPArcline Investment Management46.72
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace33.01
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace32.74
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOLS DBA LENOX TOOLSStanley Black & Decker30.59
PARADIGM MANCHESTER INCPursuit Aerospace30.30
BEACON INDUSTRIES INCBEACON INDUSTRIES INC11.56
MARMON INDUSTRIAL ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPBerkshire Hathaway11.29
OTIS SERVICE CENTEROtis Worldwide Corporation10.49
ARCLIN SURFACES - EAST LONGMEADOW CO.The Jordan Company6.02
HYDROFERA LLCEssity5.02
CARDINAL HEALTH / KPRCardinal Health4.31
SOLENIS LLCPlatinum Equity4.24
BI-QEM INC.BI-QEM INC2.41
HAZEN PAPER COHAZEN PAPER CO2.11
DONCASTERS STORMS FORGEDoncasters0.99
CALLAWAY GOLF BALL OPERATIONS INCCallaway Golf0.53
BARNES AEROSPACE WINDSOR DIVBarnes Group0.35
RBC AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS INCRBC Bearings Inc.0.32
CONNECTICUT GALVANIZING CORPCONNECTICUT GALVANIZING CORP0.21
DYNO NOBEL INCIncitec Pivot0.16
ASTRO CHEMICALS INCASTRO CHEMICALS INC0.15
PALMER FOUNDRY INCPALMER FOUNDRY INC0.14
SCAPA NA LLCSchweitzer-Mauduit International0.08
ADHESIVE APPLICATIONS INC. - O'NEILL ST EASTHAMPTONADHESIVES APPLICATIONS INC0.07
AHLSTROM-MUNKSJO NONWOVENS LLCBain Capital0.05
RANDOLPH PRODUCTS CORANDOLPH PRODUCTS CO0.05
COLT'S MANUFACTURING CO LLCColt CZ Group0.04
WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING COWESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO0.04
RPM WOOD FINISHES GROUP INC.RPM International0.03
SMITH & WESSON INC.Smith & Wesson0.03
TRELLEBORG COATED SYSTEMS US INC.Trelleborg0.02
VIBRAM CORPVIBRAM USA0.02
TAYLOR & FENN COTAYLOR & FENN CO0.02
TTM PRINTED CIRCUIT GROUP - STAFFORD DIVTTM Technologies0.02
O'CONNELL OIL NORTHAMPTON FACILITYO'CONNELL OIL ASSOCIATES INC0.01
HAR-CONN CHROME COHAR-CONN CHROME CO0.01
TURF CARE SUPPLY-HATFIELD PLANTPlatte River Equity0.01
TRIUMPH ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS LLCTriumph Group0.00
ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY HARTFORD INC.Temasek Holdings0.00
RATHBONE PRECISION METALS INCCalvi Holding0.00
SIMONIZ USA INC.Syndet Products0.00
TILCON CONNECTICUT INCCRH PLC0.00
ALGONQUIN POWER WINDSOR LOCKS LLCAlgonquin Power & Utilities0.00
SONOCO PRODUCTS COSonoco Products0.00
DUR-A-FLEXSherwin-Williams0.00
CS-MA LLC DBA CONSTRUCTION SERVICECS-MA LLC0.00
OLDCASTLE PRECAST INCCRH PLC0.00
MUSTANG MOTORCYCLE PRODUCTS LLCMAG INC0.00
SHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCSHURTAPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC0.00
ITW SHINEMARKIllinois Tool Works0.00
SYN-MAR PRODUCTS INC.SYN-MAR PRODUCTS INC.0.00
NUTMEG CHROME CORPNUTMEG CHROME CORP0.00
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
U.S. DOD USAF WESTOVER ARBU.S. Government0.00
ENSIGN-BICKFORD AEROSPACE & DEFENSE COENSIGN-BICKFORD INDUSTRIES INC0.00
CLEANPART EASTMitsubishi Chemical0.00
ORAFOL AMERICAS INCORAFOL INTERNATIONAL0.00
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
Cobalt3,349.64
Chromium203.74
Formaldehyde152.85
Nickel14.54
Acrylic acid4.31

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Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
OMG INCSteel Partners HoldingsCobalt3,282.99
SOLUTIA INCEastman ChemicalFormaldehyde88.26
PRATT & WHITNEYRTX CorporationCobalt60.00
PREFERE MELAMINES LLCOne Rock Capital PartnersFormaldehyde51.12
KAMATICS CORPArcline Investment ManagementChromium45.40

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2025