Current Issues

Does U.S. Military Chaff Contain PFAS?

Does U.S. Military Chaff Contain PFAS?

In August 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense issued a legislatively-required report to Congress on the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that the military considers “critical to the national security of the United States.” The detailed 27-page...

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Clean Soil is Key to Successful Reuse of Badger Army Lands

Clean Soil is Key to Successful Reuse of Badger Army Lands

Today, CSWAB submitted detailed public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the proposed construction and operation of a new 101-acre Dairy Forage Research Center complex along U.S. Highway 12 on former...

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EPA Responds to Citizen Comment on Alaska Burn Pits

EPA Responds to Citizen Comment on Alaska Burn Pits

  In response to joint public comment by CSWAB and Alaska Community Action on Toxics, EPA Region 10 is requiring Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, Alaska to collect additional environmental information to determine if the long-delayed closure...

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Communities Push for EPA Ban on U.S. Burn Pits Here at Home

Communities Push for EPA Ban on U.S. Burn Pits Here at Home

Photograph: EPA continues to permit Indiana's Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center to open air burn and detonate as much as 109 million pounds of hazardous energetic waste every YEAR. Despite the availability of advanced alternative technologies, open burning units like...

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Army Challenging WDNR on Cleanup of Toxic DNT in Groundwater

Army Challenging WDNR on Cleanup of Toxic DNT in Groundwater

The Army has proposed enhanced bioremediation of the toxic explosive DNT in groundwater flowing from the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The proposal would utilize Emulsified Vegetable Oil (EVO) injected into the subsurface to stimulate bioremediation as a means...

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Badger Army Groundwater Cleanup Plan Omits PFAS

Badger Army Groundwater Cleanup Plan Omits PFAS

In a formal letter to WDNR Secretary Adam Payne today, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) asks that the Department require the U.S. Army, as the acknowledged responsible party, to incorporate PFAS and other emerging contaminants in its pending...

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Renewed Permit for Burning Hazardous Waste Questioned

Renewed Permit for Burning Hazardous Waste Questioned

‘They have to convince us’: Concerned residents react to Clean Harbors Colfax’s renewed permit By Alena Noakes COLFAX, La. (KALB) - With the news of a hazardous waste permit renewal for Clean Harbors Colfax (CHC) comes the same wary approach by some Colfax residents...

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