Post and Courier

DHEC moving forward on $115 million laboratory to replace existing, aging building

COLUMBIA — The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is planning for a new $115 million public health laboratory in northeast Columbia. The new space will replace and be built next to ...
WIS TV

SC Department of Agriculture takes over food safety duties as DHEC closes down

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) took over several food safety duties on July 1 that used to belong to the Department of Health and Environmental Control ...
Post and Courier

S.C. DHEC finds no pesticides in Mount Pleasant water after sending samples to out-of-state lab

The state health department found no evidence of pesticides in Mount Pleasant water after sending several samples to an out-of-state lab for analysis at the request of residents in the area who ...
WIS TV

DHEC holds groundbreaking ceremony for South Carolina’s New Public Health and Environmental Laboratory

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Thursday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control broke ground on the state’s new public health laboratory. The lab provides specialized laboratory testing, ...
WSPA

SC Senate votes to restructure DHEC, other state agencies into two cabinet agencies

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – South Carolina Senators voted unanimously to pass a bill that would dissolve DHEC and create two different cabinet agencies responsible for the state’s health and environmental ...