Communities Press EPA to Regulate Vapor Intrusion
CSWAB joined dozens of organizations and activists including Erin Brokovich in co-signing a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt this week, urging him to allow rulemaking on vapor intrusion to move forward. Vapor intrusion is the migration of toxic vapors from the...
CSWAB Team Counts 68 Bird Species at Badger!
On May 6, our day started searching around the Weigand’s Point area on Lake Wisconsin.The Sauk Prairie Recreation Area includes land on Lake Wisconsin formerly used as a pumping station for process water. We were fortunate enough to see American White Pelicans...
New Health Advisories for Military Explosives in Drinking Water
New guidance from state toxicologists will help communities and regulators leverage better cleanup of munitions contamination that poses a risk to drinking water. On April 4, Wisconsin health officials issued interim Health Advisory Levels (HALs) that are the first...
VIDEO: The True Cost of Burning Military Munitions
NEW VIDEO – Toxic pollutants are released when munitions are open burned, open detonated or incinerated. These toxic emissions endanger public health by contaminating air, groundwater and soils near open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) operations. ...