September 28, 2007--Pentagon fights Wisconsin water standards for toxic explosive (ens-newswire)
The Pentagon intends to challenge the state of Wisconsin's intention to regulate all forms of the explosive dinitrotoluene, DNT, Army officials announced on Monday. Wisconsin is the first state in the nation to establish health-based guidelines for the military toxic that has contaminated groundwater and dozens of private wells near the Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The Pentagon recognizes that Wisconsin is setting a national precedent that could not only result in additional cleanup requirements at the Badger plant but could also prompt re-examination of cleanups at hundreds of other military sites contaminated with DNT.
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