CSWAB issued formal letters today asking the WDNR to confirm whether or not drinking water wells located near known sources of significant PFAS groundwater contamination are being regularly tested and how it is managing PFAS air emissions. “As the Department is aware,...
Recent laboratory testing by the U.S. Army has detected low levels of groundwater contaminants associated with the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in several nearby residential drinking water wells. Of the 22 drinking water wells tested, five had chloroform,...
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is pleased to report that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has granted its petition to establish drinking water Health Advisory Levels for a list of 26 PFAS that have been detected in or pose a threat to...
CSWAB, together with other members of the Cease Fire Campaign, is pleased to announce the anticipated release of the National Academies of Sciences study on alternatives to the military’s open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) of hazardous munitions waste – an...
Industrial sites like the Tyco/Johnson Controls facilities in Marinette, Wisconsin are sources of PFAS groundwater contamination that has spread from these sites, threatening nearby fisheries and affecting residential wells. So far, at least 36 families have been...
WISCONSIN — Neighbors of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant want the U.S. Army to prioritize public and private well testing in its planned investigation for PFAS – a group of highly toxic compounds that has not been included in any of the Army’s previous...
“The strength and continued success of CSWAB are found in its commitment to empower stakeholders and tribal members in decisions that affect their community, their quality of life, and their environmental health.”
Crystel Anders
Former Executive Director, Community Shares of Wisconsin
