Nov 1, 2005 | issues
Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) assured rural neighbors of Badger Army Ammunition Plant that their wells were free of the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT). The WDNR said that the reported detections of the suspected human...
Jul 20, 2005 | issues
CSWAB began as a “kitchen table” organization when rural neighbors discovered their drinking water wells were polluted with high levels of carcinogenic solvents. Carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, and chloroform were detected in the water supplies...
Jun 28, 2005 | issues
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger has found that historical use of road oil at Wisconsin’s Badger Army Ammunition Plant can be substantiated and that an investigation of the potential environmental and human health consequences is warranted. This report...
Jun 14, 2005 | issues
By unanimous vote, the Sauk County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last night urging the U.S. Army to clean up residual mercury contamination in Lake Wisconsin at Gruber’s Grove Bay. Despite a $6-million dredging project several years ago, more than 50,000...
Jun 14, 2005 | issues
On June 14, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) directed the Army to identify and test private and community wells that are located to the west and south of Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Hwy 12. As we reported last week, community members raised...
Jun 6, 2005 | issues
Since the asbestos content of concrete is rarely known, mechanical abrasion (such as sawing, grinding, or sanding) and use of concrete-crushing machines is a matter of great concern. Under no circumstances should asbestos-containing concrete, or concrete to which...
