During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of ditches and settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin – resulting in the...
by Joe Block, Star News A prescribed burn in the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area ignited an “unknown substance,” according to the Wisconsin DNR, on Wednesday, August 26. Residents on Keller Road, along the southern border of the recreation area, were informed of a...
NATIONAL ACTION to Stop Experimental PFAS Burns! The issue: While the disposal of PFAS chemicals poses an unprecedented challenge, the rush to burn these chemicals is on despite no evidence they can be safely incinerated. Incineration of PFAS responds to the need for...
Marinette, WI – Based on recommendations from the Wisconsin Division of Health, state regulators have issued a letter requiring Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) and Tyco Fire Products to inform residents of all contaminants detected in residential drinking water wells,...
In formal comments submitted today to Utah environmental regulators and the U.S. EPA, a national coalition of 60 groups from around the U.S. is objecting to the approval of a permit which will allow the continued open air burning of hazardous munitions wastes...
Study: GenX chemical in 70 of 84 wells tested near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant By Paul Woolverton, Wilmington Star News – Wilmington, NC Posted Jun 20, 2020 NORTH CAROLINA — Researchers from N.C. State University tested 84 wells and water...
“The military is the nation’s number one polluter. The folks at CSWAB have taken on a formidable foe and shown how communities can play an important role in protecting human health and the environment from military waste problems.”
Al Gedicks
Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
