We are happy to report a victory for environmental justice! A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will require the Secretary of the Navy to purchase and operate a closed detonation chamber – ending decades of polluting open air detonations on...
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...
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...
The detection of unsafe levels of explosives in a rural drinking water well near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant has prompted State regulators to call for quick action to address expanding groundwater contamination caused by the U.S. Army. The May 15 letter...
NATIONAL NEWS – More than 40 groups from communities across the country with toxic PFAS contamination in their drinking water and groundwater issued a unified statement today criticizing EPA’s proposed cleanup goals as not protective of public health,...
“The transferring of lands to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources begins a new era of restoration for the Badger Army Ammunition Plant Lands. CSWAB’s leading role of protecting the community and the land is more important than ever as the BAAP lands become used more and more for recreation by the community.”
