Nov 26, 2018 | issues
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...
Oct 19, 2018 | issues
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...
Sep 11, 2018 | issues
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...
Aug 27, 2018 | issues
The WI Department of Natural Resources has announced that it is has established an internal workgroup to help determine the scope of the problem and best courses of action in response to PFAS – emerging contaminants that threaten the State’s drinking water sources and...
Aug 24, 2018 | issues
In solidarity with the Kentucky Environmental Foundation and other members of the national Cease Fire Campaign, CSWAB submitted formal comments this week objecting to a proposed hazardous waste permit allowing the Blue Grass Army Depot (KY) to continue open air...
Jul 20, 2018 | issues
In response to Wisconsin DNR concerns about increasing concentrations of the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT) in groundwater near Badger Army Ammunition Plant, the Army will be increasing the frequency of groundwater and drinking water sampling in several areas at and...
