by Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany, NY) – May 21, 2020 The federal Department of Defense is suspending all AFFF shipments to Norlite in Cohoes, New York. The decision was made following a Times Union story earlier in the week, about plans, later abandoned, to...
For almost two years now, the Army has denied appeals from neighbors of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant to include PFAS chemicals in its residential well testing program. This week, as part of an independent review of the military’s groundwater program at...
CSWAB is proud to be part of the Toxic Exposures in the American Military (TEAM) Coalition, a non-partisan consortium of 30 veterans’ and military service organizations working together to reduce incidents of toxic exposures in the U.S. military and to improve access...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued two very important decisions in the Hoosick Falls, NY PFOA contamination cases this week. Benoit v Saint Gobain Baker v. Saint Gobain legal decision On pages 22-23 of the Benoit decision, the Court ruled that if people can...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has issued a formal letter to the U.S. Army cautioning the military that it must fully comply with state environmental regulations in pending cleanup decisions at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant (Badger)...
The U.S. Army said it will “consider” state environmental regulations but will ultimately base its cleanup of any PFAS contamination at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant on less-protective federal CERCLA (Superfund) standards. If approved, the draft plan – open...
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