According to a report released today by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB), state regulators are allowing the Army to leave higher than previously-approved levels of lead in soils at Badger Army Ammunition Plant – a move that could place the health of...
In 2002, three-quarter-mile-long Load Line 1 was set ablaze at Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, filling the prairie sky with thick black smoke. A total of 4 load lines have been targeted for open burning. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality did not...
Even though levels of trichloroethene (TCE) in groundwater are at an all time high in a monitoring well on the far west side of Badger Army Ammunition Plant (adjacent to the Bluffview Community in the Township of Sumpter), the WDNR remains unwilling to ask the Army to...
Printer-friendly version (PDF) Facility Description The 9,065-acre site is located in a sparsely populated rural area [i] near the community of De Soto, Kansas and lies within the historical boundaries of the United Tribe of Shawnee Indians lands. The closed...
PRAIRIE DU SAC, WI – Recent groundwater testing by Badger Army Ammunition Plant has confirmed that the explosive DNT has migrated farther from the base than previously thought. Low levels (below the safe drinking water standard) of the carcinogen have been detected...
A laboratory-scale test intended to project the level of toxic emissions from open burning PCB-contaminated paint is flawed and could lead to an underestimation of risks to workers and nearby residents, according to scientists that have reviewed the Army plan. “For...
“CSWAB’s tenacious grassroots battle to ensure a thorough cleanup of one decommissioned military facility stands as a model for other impacted communities across this country and the globe.”
