Today, more than 260 people – representing more than 100 environmental and social justice organizations from the U.S. and its territories – co-signed an open letter calling on U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan to end the dangerous practice of open air burning and...
The 300-acre Settling Ponds Area spans more than 2 miles along the southern boundary of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. During active production years, these ponds received sanitary and industrial wastewater from the entire facility and surface runoff from...
About PFAS in Munitions What are PFAS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals. PFAS are used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat, oil, stains,...
During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of ditches and settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin – resulting in the...
CSWAB is proud to be part of the Toxic Exposures in the American Military (TEAM) Coalition, a non-partisan consortium of 30 veterans’ and military service organizations working together to reduce incidents of toxic exposures in the U.S. military and to improve access...
“CSWAB has the longevity and the tenacity to have been and to remain a critical force in protecting the public and the general environment from the harmful effects of the government’s polluting practices.”