Jun 26, 2017 | issues
CSWAB is proud to be a co-signator on the Indigenous Statement that has been integrated into the new preamble to the United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. The draft now includes the following passage: “Mindful of the suffering of and unacceptable harm...
May 30, 2017 | issues
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is requiring the Army to analyze drinking water and groundwater at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant for contaminants resulting from the breakdown of explosives in the environment. Toxicologists with the...
May 19, 2017 | issues
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...
May 18, 2017 | issues
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...
May 16, 2017 | issues
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...
Apr 10, 2017 | issues
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. ...
