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Thursday, December 20, 2012  Councilman Moe Baddourah is hosting a public meeting on efforts to clean up lead contamination at 3 p.m. at the Edisto Discovery Park and Neighborhood Center.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Federal environmental officials will clean up toxic metals found in soil of a Columbia neighborhood.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  State environmental officials are holding a public meeting to talk about toxic metals that have been detected in a dozen yards in a Columbia neighborhood. The Department of Health and Environmental Control is meeting with the public on Tuesday at A.C. Moore Elementary in Columbia.

Monday, April 25, 2011  Bluffton has been selected to take part in a federal program to help map growth so that natural areas are protected.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  Progress Energy and Duke Energy in North Carolina and South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. all operate nuclear plants and say they have detected trace amounts of radiation.  Experts say there is no health risk here in the Midlands.

Sunday, November 28, 2010  The state environmental agency says it wants to keep responsibility for regulating the disposal of coal ash from power plants rather than turn that over to federal regulators.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010  EPA to investigate cluster of birth defects near toxic-waste dump in central California