South Carolina Ranks Fifth in U S Obesity List
The Trust for America’s Health report shows South Carolina with 27.8 percent of adults obese and 18.9 percent of youths 10 to 17 overweight. Mississippi leads at 30.6 percent, with South Carolina tied for fifth alongside Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Indiana
Trust For America’s Health
Mississippi
West Virginia
Alabama
Louisiana
Palmetto
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Division of
Obesity Prevention
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Trust For ‘America
Jeff Levi
America
McMaster pushes tougher EPA monitoring at Barnwell nuclear site
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster urged DHEC to adopt EPA groundwater standards for the Barnwell County low level waste facility where tritium in wells exceeds drinking water limits though NRC rules guide operations. He toured the site and pressed for water quality analyses and fuller disclosure of plume maps amid legislative concerns.
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Barnwell County
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
HEC
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Chem Nuclear
Barnwell
South Carolina
New Jersey
Connecticut
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Lawmaker Pushes Review Of Prison Complaints In Senate Probe
Senator Mike Fair leads a Senate panel investigating South Carolina prisons. The panel will forward findings to the State Law Enforcement Division to consider criminal charges and ask the Legislative Audit Council to review. A preliminary report cites dozens of firsthand complaints but is not fact. Corrections Director Jon Ozmint denounces the probe as a witch hunt.
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Mike Fair
Greenville
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Mark Sanford
Onmint
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