Current Issues
Badger Toxins Threaten Merrimac Wells
Merrimac, WI – CSWAB is urging the WDNR to immediately expand testing of private drinking water wells near the northeast corner of Badger Army Ammunition Plant in the Town of Merrimac. The recommendation follows confirmation of explosives in groundwater monitoring...
Children at Risk from Lead in Badger Soils
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...
Video of Open Burning at Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
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...
Carcinogenic Solvent Levels Highest To Date
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...
Liabilities and Alternatives: Open Burning at Sunflower AAP
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...
Explosives Confirmed Far From Badger Army Ammunition Plant
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...
Army Study Will Underestimate Dioxin Emissions
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 Action Alert: State Officials Ignoring Potential Mercury Emissions from Badger
For more than two years, CSWAB has been asking state officials to investigate a WDNR report that levels of mercury in the air near Badger Army Ammunition Plant may be elevated. Technical experts agree that more can be done to identify and mitigate potential sources...
ACTION ALERT: WDNR Says Explosives in Private Wells Not a Priority
Until more families have been exposed to unsafe levels of carcinogens in their drinking water, state officials said that rural neighbors of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant are not a priority. In a meeting with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)...
WDNR Charges Army with Mishandling of Asbestos at Badger
Improper handling of asbestos at Badger Army Ammunition Plant has placed the health of workers and contractors at risk, according to a formal Notice of Violation issued to the Army by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on October 10. The violations were...
Low Levels of Explosives Suspected in Wells near Badger
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...
15 Years Ago Today…
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 of three farm...