In solidarity with effected residents, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger has petitioned the U.S. EPA to immediately prohibit further open air burning of PFAS-contaminated munitions wastes at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Holston) in Tennessee as posing a risk...
Today, the Wisconsin Division of Health issued its recommendations for groundwater quality standards for PFOA and PFOS – the culmination of years of work by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger! The health-based threshold of 20 parts per trillion is for the summed...
A new report from the U.S. Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant describes the extent and volume of mercury-contaminated sediments at Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin, underscoring the necessity for the Army’s planned removal of polluted sediments in 2020....
The detection of unsafe levels of explosives in a rural drinking water well near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant has prompted State regulators to call for quick action to address expanding groundwater contamination caused by the U.S. Army. The May 15 letter...
NATIONAL NEWS – More than 40 groups from communities across the country with toxic PFAS contamination in their drinking water and groundwater issued a unified statement today criticizing EPA’s proposed cleanup goals as not protective of public health,...
On May 23, 2019, Governor Evers and Wisconsin DNR Secretary Cole accompanied Senators David Hansen (Green Bay) and Mark Miller (Monona) to announce one of the most comprehensive bills in the nation to address contamination by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances...
“CSWAB’s tenacious grassroots battle to ensure a thorough cleanup of one decommissioned military facility stands as a model for other impacted communities across this country and the globe.”
