March 26, 2008 - State regulators will investigate questions about water and air pollution near a north Columbia neighborhood that backs up to an industrial area off I-20.
Residents of the Northwood Hills community say they’ve been trying for two years to get answers from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, the city of Columbia and Richland County.
“When I’m outside working, it burns,’’ said Ulysses Green, a resident of Staffordshire Road, referring to air pollution he believes comes from nearby.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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Water contamination in McBee, South Carolina
February 28, 2008 - More than 100 residents of the McBee area came together Thursday to learn more about the possible contamination of the groundwater in the region.
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials presented the facts of the situation and ways for the residents of the area to avoid the contaminated water.
The chemicals contaminating the groundwater is Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) and the other is Dibromochloropropane (DBCP). Both chemicals were used as farming pesticides. DBCP was discontinued in 1979 and, according to DHEC, most use of EDB was discontinued in 1984.Prolonged ingestion of the contaminated water might lead to problems with the liver, the stomach, the kidneys and reproductive systems. The chemicals also might increase the risk of developing cancer in some people.
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S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control officials presented the facts of the situation and ways for the residents of the area to avoid the contaminated water.
The chemicals contaminating the groundwater is Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) and the other is Dibromochloropropane (DBCP). Both chemicals were used as farming pesticides. DBCP was discontinued in 1979 and, according to DHEC, most use of EDB was discontinued in 1984.Prolonged ingestion of the contaminated water might lead to problems with the liver, the stomach, the kidneys and reproductive systems. The chemicals also might increase the risk of developing cancer in some people.
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Neighbors of contaminated industrial site in York South Carolina worried about the safety of their well water and families' health
February 7, 2008 - Despite reassurances from environmental control officials, neighbors of a contaminated industrial site in York are worried about the safety of their well water and families' health.
Both deep and shallow groundwater have been contaminated, as well as soil under the building, DHEC project manager Angie Jones said.
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Both deep and shallow groundwater have been contaminated, as well as soil under the building, DHEC project manager Angie Jones said.
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Friday, October 5, 2007
Meth Labs in South Carolina: Poisons lurk as state does little to notify public, make toxic sites clean
September 25, 2007 - t was one of Lexington County’s most hazardous home meth labs, complete with a bathtub full of a weird pink liquid.
“It could have blown up — that’s how dangerous it was,” said Sheriff James Metts, as officers in hazmat suits went in and out of the Gaston house in June while neighborhood children stood well back and watched.
Two months later, a neighbor said the empty house still reeked of foul chemicals.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
South Carolina officials to test drinking water in rural Barnwell County to see if a 36-year-old nuclear waste dump has polluted private wells
August 21, 2007 - Recently opened state records show tritium pollution beneath the landfill exceeds safe drinking water standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The contamination, which flows off the landfill to a creek, also rivals pollution on parts of the nearby Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons complex with a history of groundwater pollution, The State newspaper reported Sunday.
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The contamination, which flows off the landfill to a creek, also rivals pollution on parts of the nearby Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons complex with a history of groundwater pollution, The State newspaper reported Sunday.
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Radioactive tritium in South Carolina groundwater
August 19, 2007 - Higher-than-expected amounts of a radioactive material are tainting the groundwater at a nuclear waste dump long considered safe by state regulators.
Previously sealed records, obtained by The State newspaper, show groundwater beneath the state-owned landfill in Barnwell County has tritium levels exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for safe drinking water — in some cases by hundreds of times.
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Previously sealed records, obtained by The State newspaper, show groundwater beneath the state-owned landfill in Barnwell County has tritium levels exceeding the Environmental Protection Agency’s standard for safe drinking water — in some cases by hundreds of times.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
South Carolina: Neighborhood wells contaminated by nearby plant
July 17, 2007 - From 1966 to 1982, industries in the area near Williston discharged pollution through a wastewater system originally used by a trailer park. At least six home wells near the site were later found to contain metals contamination.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
South Carolina Lags in Leaking Tank Cleanup
June 22, 2007 - South Carolina state lawmakers this year agreed to spend $5 million more on cleaning pollution caused by leaking underground gasoline tanks.
But federal regulators say that's only a fraction of what's needed to clean an estimated 3,200 sites statewide.
The leaking tanks can pollute wells and about $1 million state residents get their water from groundwater.
The state gets about $17 million a year from gas taxes for the work. But regulators say twice that much is needed to clean the sites.
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But federal regulators say that's only a fraction of what's needed to clean an estimated 3,200 sites statewide.
The leaking tanks can pollute wells and about $1 million state residents get their water from groundwater.
The state gets about $17 million a year from gas taxes for the work. But regulators say twice that much is needed to clean the sites.
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