Dec 26, 2020 | issues
About PFAS in Munitions What are PFAS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. PFAS are used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains,...
Nov 25, 2020 | issues
30 years ago, neighbors of the idle Badger Army Ammunition Plant came together to articulate and achieve a sustainable peaceful future for the Badger lands. Mercury, toxic explosives and PFAS are still challenges on the former Badger landscape, but gone are the...
Nov 7, 2020 | issues
CSWAB is pleased to report that state health officials have recommended new groundwater quality standards for 18 PFAS chemicals that are currently unregulated in Wisconsin. With these new health-based guidelines in hand, it now falls to the state legislature to secure...
Oct 8, 2020 | issues
CSWAB and 33 environmental and public health organizations submitted a letter to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today urging the agency to order public water systems in the state to test for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The...
Sep 11, 2020 | issues
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...
Sep 3, 2020 | issues
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...
