The Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA and the private sector currently operate more than 60 open burn pits across the U.S. and its territories – causing the uncontrolled release of PFAS and other toxic chemicals to the environment. A new federal...
PHOTO: Groundwater monitoring wells have detected unsafe levels of PFAS at the southern boundary of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Groundwater discharges to the Lower Wisconsin Riverway at Prairie du Sac, according to Army reports. Underground plumes of PFAS...
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...
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...
Anchorage, ALASKA — For more than 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deferred cleanup and closure of a former hazardous waste burning area at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. If approved, a pending EPA permit will leave this...
“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.”