[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: DNT from Badger Plant (WI)

[Lenny Siegel]

Dangerous chemicals on move under ammo plant

By Todd Krysiak
Sauk Prairie Eagle (WI)
January 28, 2009

A hazardous waste compound in the soil beneath the Badger Army 
Ammunition Plant is infiltrating groundwater beneath the former 
munitions factory — and it may be on the move.

In groundwater tests conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources in conjunction with the Army and the contractor SpecPro, a 
"plume" of higher concentrations of the chemical DNT was detected in 
test wells scattered around the plant in 2006 and 2007.

In response, DNR hydrologist Hank Kuehling said the department increased 
monitoring efforts and proposed drilling new wells outside the plant's 
boundaries to detect the movement of the chemical, which is known to 
cause cancer at certain concentrations. Since then, he said the levels 
have declined in the test wells.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wiscnews.com/spe/news/435252

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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