Northampton's Montessori, Bridge and Jackson Street Schools ranked high in the nation for bad air pollution

by | Dec 14, 2008

I happened upon a newer blog in the region Thursday evening known as Rich Pulasky's Blog. Mr. Pulasky covers an article he read in USA Today concerning toxic air near schools. I looked it up by following a link on his blog and found all of the schools in the nation listed. Click here to visit USA Today and find your child's school. I've included a few of the schools that are located in Northampton. There are others. According to the report the chief polluter in the area is Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials located in Northampton's Industrial Park. Who knew?

USA Today's sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Political Economy Research Institute

(Chemicals most responsible for the toxicity outside the schools may not add up to 100% because only the top chemicals are listed.)

The Montessori School Of North

51 Bates Street Northampton, MA

2nd percentile

National Rank: The air is worse at 1,398 of 127,800 total schools across the nation

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Bridge Street

2 Parsons Street Northampton, MA

4th percentile

National Rank: The air is worse at 4,401 of 127,800 total schools across the nation

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Jackson Street

120 Jackson Street Northampton, MA

14th percentile
National Rank: The air is worse at 17,061 schools across the nation

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John F Kennedy Middle School

100 Bridge Rd Florence, MA

64th percentile
National Rank: The air is worse at 82,101 schools across the nation

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Leeds

20 Florence Street Leeds, MA

75th percentile

National Rank: The air is worse at 96,938 schools across the nation

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Northampton High

380 Elm Street Northampton, MA

40th percentile
National Rank: The air is worse at 50,893 schools across the nation

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R. K. Finn Ryan Road

498 Ryan Road Florence, MA

69th percentile

National Rank: The air is worse at 88,807 schools across the nation

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