Department of Health and Environmental Control - All Current Headlines
- DHEC urges healthy habits to reduce risk for heart attack and stroke
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - February is American Heart Month and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is urging South Carolinians to adopt healthy lifestyle habits that can help reduce the risk for heart disease and stroke.
- Camp Burnt Gin accepting applications for campers and staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - COLUMBIA -- Camp Burnt Gin, South Carolina’s residential camp for children, teenagers and young adults with a physical disability or chronic illness, is accepting applications for staff and for children to attend the camp’s 2010 season, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events scheduled
Monday, January 25, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - Events will be held in South Carolina around Feb. 7 to highlight the impact of HIV/AIDS on African-American communities, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
- DHEC’s Underground Storage Tank program plan receives federal approval and endorsement
Monday, January 25, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina’s Underground Storage Tank (UST) program is the first in the southeast to have its Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP) approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
- Some conditionally approved Beaufort County shellfish harvesting areas closed
Monday, January 18, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - The conditionally approved shellfish harvesting areas of Jenkins Creek and Broad Creek in Beaufort County have been closed due to excessive rainfall, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
- Charleston County shellfish growing area reopens
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - The approved shellfish beds of the Wando River in Charleston County have been reopened for harvesting, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
- DHEC responding to sewer overflow in Greenville County
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - COLUMBIA, S.C. - The public should avoid contact with the water of Gilder Creek in Mauldin due to a sanitary sewer overflow that has entered the creek, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.