Cease Fire Campaign

Cease Fire Campaign to Address National Academies on Alternatives to Burning Munitions

Sep 19, 2017 | issues

WASHINGTON, DC – CSWAB is pleased to report that representatives of the Cease Fire Campaign are invited speakers at an upcoming national meeting on safer alternatives to open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of conventional munitions. Steering Committee members...

CSWAB Newsletter Spring 2017

Mar 9, 2017 | issues, UNCATEGORIZED

New Fact Sheet on Federal Facilities with High Explosives Contamination As part of the Cease Fire Campaign, CSWAB has researched and published a New Fact Sheet on federal facilities with RDX contamination. RDX is a toxic and carcinogenic explosive compound found in...

EPA Agrees to Investigate Radiological Releases from Open Burning/Detonation

Oct 6, 2016 | issues

CSWAB is pleased to report that EPA Headquarters in Washington DC has agreed to our request to include radiological wastes in two upcoming national reports on open air burning and open detonation (OB/OD) of munitions. “One (report) will present all known alternative...

Is the U.S. Finally Ending the Toxic Practice of Burning Old Munitions in Open Pits?

Aug 23, 2016 | issues

By Daniel Ross /AlterNet By the year 2020, the U.S. is expected to have on its hands a growing stockpile of munitions nearing 1.1 million tons that are no longer considered useful to the military. As a means of disposal, these munitions, including small arms...