Nov 13, 2009 | issues
A diverse coalition of 35 organizations representing family farming, healthy food initiatives, social and environmental justice, conservation, and community-supportive agriculture is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of Wisconsin to invest...
Nov 3, 2009 | issues
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has asked for an investigation into potential exposures and health risks to tens of thousands of workers, their families, and other onsite personnel that may have resulted from past exposures to contaminated drinking water at Badger Army...
Sep 11, 2009 | issues
Army contractors have announced that new test results have detected explosives in at least two residential wells at Weigand’s Bay in the rural township of Merrimac. This is the first time that Dinitrotoluene (DNT) has been reported in private wells near the northeast...
Aug 22, 2009 | issues
Recent testing by the U.S. Army has detected elevated concentrations of the carcinogenic solvent Trichloroethylene (TCE) in groundwater at the far west boundary of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant. In March 2009, TCE levels were detected at 25 parts per billion...
Jul 30, 2009 | issues
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants answers to dozens of long-standing questions about the handling of PCB-contaminated wastes at Badger Army Ammunition Plant and other U.S. Army production facilities nationwide. In a July 7 letter to the U.S. Army,...
Jun 18, 2009 | issues
A new technical review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found that concentrations of the explosive DNT may be increasing in groundwater in the rural town of Merrimac. Residential areas that may be in the path of contamination originating from Badger Army...
