Safe Water is Free of Military Toxics

Safe Water is Free of Military Toxics

If it feels like nothing has happened in the last few years in terms of cleanup at Badger Army Ammunition Plant – it’s because nothing much has happened.  Seriously – we checked. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), has not received any of the...
Louisiana Challenges Toxic Burning, EPA Supports Alternatives

Louisiana Challenges Toxic Burning, EPA Supports Alternatives

NATIONAL — Louisiana is expected to deny renewing a permit for a commercial facility to continue open-burn/open detonation (OB/OD) of hazardous waste, including military munitions, as EPA has recently been supporting shifting away from open-air burning of waste...
EPA Unwilling to Challenge Military on Open Burning PFAS

EPA Unwilling to Challenge Military on Open Burning PFAS

EPA Region 4 Administrator Mary Walker has rejected CSWAB’s citizen petition for intervention that would prohibit open air burning of PFAS and other hazardous chemicals at Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee – a practice that constitutes an ongoing...
EPA Unwilling to Challenge Military on Open Burning PFAS

Citizens Petition EPA for Ban on Burning PFAS Munitions

In solidarity with effected residents, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger has petitioned the U.S. EPA to immediately prohibit further open air burning of PFAS-contaminated munitions wastes at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant (Holston) in Tennessee as posing a risk...