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Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger was organized in 1990 when the community learned private drinking water wells near Wisconsin's Badger Army Ammunition Plant were polluted with high levels of cancer causing chemicals. The founders believed community involvement could have prevented this tragedy and consequently organized CSWAB both to empower and to protect nearby residents and plant workers from further harm. |
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ACTION ALERT: SUPPORT MANAGED PASTURING
BADGER GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT ALL TIME HIGH
ARMY FINDS DANGEROUS LEVELS OF EXPLOSIVES IN SUMPTER GROUNDWATER
SOIL CONTAMINATION COULD TRUMP FUTURE USES AT BADGER
MERRIMAC WANTS ARMY TO CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION AFFECTING LAKE WISCONSIN AND PRIVATE WELLS
BADGER CONTAMINATION HAS REACHED LAKE WISCONSIN
HILGENBERG URGES DNR TO ADDRESS BAAP GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS
WISCONSIN GROUNDWATER STANDARDS FOR EXPLOSIVES WILL SET PRECEDENT
ARMY FINDS EXPLOSIVES IN RURAL MERRIMAC WELLS
SOLVENT PERSISTS IN GROUNDWATER NEAR BADGER
EPA QUESTIONS MILITARY'S HANDLING OF PCBs
ARMY DEER STUDY IS INCONCLUSIVE
U.S. ARMY CORPS STUDY TARGETS MERRIMAC GROUNDWATER
COMMUNITIES SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MILITARY POLLUTION
ARMY AWARDS CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL REVIEW OF BADGER CLEANUP
CSWAB JOINS INITIATIVE FOR FEDERAL WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS
CSWAB ENDORSES NATIONAL APPEAL TO OBAMA ON DIOXINS
BADGER POLLUTION THREATENS MERRIMAC WELLS
COMMUNITIES URGE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AS PRIORITY IN DEFENSE POLICY
USDA SHOULD INVEST IN GRAZING, NOT CONFINEMENT
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION WILL PROBE HISTORICAL EXPOSURES TO AMMO PLANT WORKERS & FAMILIES
NEW HIGHWAY WILL PLOW THROUGH CONTAMINATED ARMY SITE
CSWAB PRESSURES USDA INTO COMPLIANCE, AGAIN
SENATOR TO PRESS ARMY ON TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
ARMY TO TEST MERRIMAC RESIDENTIAL WELLS FOR EXPLOSIVES
CSWAB TO FUND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR RURAL TOWNS AFFECTED BY BADGER POLUTION
CSWAB LEVERAGES LIMITS ON OPEN DETONATION OF DEADLY WWII MUNITIONS ON SAIPAN
THERMAL TREATMENT OF PCB PAINT DISPUTED
NEW ENGLISH/SPANISH FACT SHEET ON WATER QUALITY FOR BLUFFVIEW
ADVISORY BOARD WANTS IMPROVED WELL TESTING
WDNR CHOOSES COVER OVER CLEANUP
NEW GROUNDWATER WELLS WILL TRACK EXPLOSIVES
CSWAB WANTS BETTER CLEANUP AT BADGER BEFORE TRANSFER
NEW MUNITIONS COMPOUNDS DETECTED AT BADGER
DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH UNDERESTIMATES DNT RISKS
PENTAGON WILL FIGHT WISCONSIN WATER STANDARDS
EXPLOSIVES TAINT MORE RURAL WELLS NEAR BAAP
SOLUTION TO EXPLOSIVES CONTAMINATION REJECTED
"TCE REDUCTION ACT" COULD HELP WISCONSIN
WDNR SHOULD ENFORCE CLEANUP OF EXPLOSIVES
DISAPPOINTING RESULTS AT GRUBER'S GROVE BAY
WISCONSIN INVESTIGATES RARE FORMS OF EXPLOSIVE AT BAAP
WDNR AGREES TO DEMAND FOR SAFE WATER
BRINGING DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER INTO COMPLIANCE
CSWAB'S SUCCESS AT GRUBER'S GROVE BAY
CHILDREN AT GREATEST RISK FROM ARMY'S POLLUTION
RAB MEMBERS URGE DNR TO TAKE ACTION
DNT: THE IMPORTANT OF TESTING GROUNDWATER AND DRINKING WATER FOR ALL ISOMERS
OPEN BURNING: CAMPAIGN STATUS REPORT - October 2006
ACTION ALERT: Stop the Army's Plan To Burn PCBs
¡ACCION DE ALERTA!: No peritamos que se lleve a cabo el plan del Ejército de realizar una "quema a campo abierto" de PCBs!
ARMY PROPOSES ALTERNATIVE TO BURNING BUILDINGS AT SAVANNA
BURNING PCBS WILL SET NATIONAL PRECEDENT
BADGER TOXINS THREATEN MERRIMAC WELLS
CHILDREN AT RISK FROM LEAD IN BADGER SOILS
VIDEO OF OPEN BURNING AT CORNHUSKER AAP
CARCINOGENIC SOLVENT LEVELS HIGHEST TO DATE
LIABILITIES AND ALTERNATIVES: OPEN BURNING AT SUNFLOWER AAP
EXPLOSIVES CONFIRMED FAR FROM BADGER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
ARMY STUDY WILL UNDERESTIMATE DIOXIN EMISSIONS
ACTION ALERT: WDNR Says Explosives in Private Wells Not a Priority
STATE OFFICIALS IGNORING POTENTIAL MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM BADGER
WDNR CHARGES ARMY WITH MISHANDLING OF ASBESTOS AT BADGER
LOW LEVELS OF EXPLOSIVES SUSPECTED IN WELLS NEAR BADGER
SAUK COUNTY WANTS MERCURY CLEANED UP
PRIVATE WELLS NEAR HWY 12 TO BE TESTED
ASBESTOS IN CONCRETE AT MILITARY BASES
THERMAL TREATMENT OF PAINTED METAL OBJECTS CAUSES PCB CONTAMINATION AT BADGER AAP
STUDY OF FIRE TRAINING AREA DOESN'T MEASURE UP
FACT SHEET: OPEN BURNING AT RAVENNA ARSENAL
OLD DRINKING WATER SYSTEM PLACED BADGER WORKERS AT RISK
RESIDUAL CONTAMINANTS THREATEN BAAP WILDLIFE
BADGER NEIGHBORS OPPOSE ARMY'S PLAN
LACK OF CLEANUP COMPROMISES BADGER'S FUTURE
EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN MORE WELLS NEAR BADGER
ARMY'S PARTING GESTURE GETS WDNR’S BLESSING
MERCURY MAY BE ELEVATED IN AIR AROUND BADGER
UNSAFE LEVELS OF DNTS FOUND IN MORE PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELLS NEAR BADGER
OPEN BURNING AT INDIANA AAP EXCEEDS AIR QUALITY STANDARDS FOR LEAD
EXPLOSIVES DETECTED IN MORE RESIDENTIAL WELLS NEAR BADGER
ARMY TO SAMPLE RESIDENTIAL WELLS
MERCURY LEVELS TRIGGER FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY AT BADGER
AIR MONITORING PLAN FOR BADGER BURNING QUESTIONED
CSWAB ASKS ARMY TO VOLUNTARILY ELIMINATE SOURCE OF AIR TOXINS
FEINGOLD QUESTIONS ARMY BURNING
HIGH MERCURY FOUND NEAR BADGER PLANT
MAP: MONITORING WELL DEPTHS AND
SAMPLING SCHEDULES 2006
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Since 1990, CSWAB has worked to build a strong, sustainable future for the prairie now occupied by Badger. The closing Army base lies primarily on the terrain of the former Sauk Prairie -- sixteen remnants of natural communities including prairie, oak savanna, dry forest, southern hardwood swamp and sandy meadow have been identified. Today, fewer than 5,000 acres of prairie remains in the entire State of Wisconsin, less than 0.2% of the 2.1 million acres Europeans found here.
At the same time, the Pentagon has abandoned its commitment to a complete cleanup at Badger; faced with dwindling cleanup dollars, it has targeted its most expensive cleanups. Environmental cleanup of the 7,400-acre Badger Army Ammunition Plant will be the largest such project in the history of the State of Wisconsin; expected remediation costs may be as high as $250 million.
We believe the public must hold all chemical industry, including the U.S. military, accountable for the environmental damage they have caused. Demanding a complete and comprehensive cleanup ensures future generations will not be burdened with the legacy of pollution from Badger.
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