New Health Advisories for Military Explosives in Drinking Water

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

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. ...
World Water DAY of Action – March 22, 2017

World Water DAY of Action – March 22, 2017

  When cleanup of groundwater contamination has degraded to literally doing nothing, it’s time for all of us to do something.  At toxic cleanup sites across the country, environmental agencies have allowed groundwater contamination to go untreated —a strategy...
CSWAB Newsletter Spring 2017

CSWAB Newsletter Spring 2017

New Fact Sheet on Federal Facilities with High Explosives Contamination As part of the Cease Fire Campaign, CSWAB has researched and published a New Fact Sheet on federal facilities with RDX contamination. RDX is a toxic and carcinogenic explosive compound found in...
Army Update on Proposed Water System

Army Update on Proposed Water System

The U.S. Army’s January 17, 2017  letter concerning a possible drinking water system near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant is posted here. Badger AAP re Drinking Water System 17 January 2017      
Send Your Valentine for Babies’ Hearts!

Send Your Valentine for Babies’ Hearts!

WANT TO DO SOMETHING FUN AND EMPOWERING? EPA will be holding a public meeting on Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day) to receive input on its efforts to establish the scope of risk evaluations for 10 toxic chemicals including the solvents TCE and PCE.  This is a great...