By SAMMY FRETWELL | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: January 27, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) An emerging class of toxins increasingly threatens drinking water across South Carolina, but state officials have so far failed to set standards that could protect millions of people. That was the message Wednesday from a coalition of environmental groups that wants the state Legislature to establish limits on the amount of the chemicals allowed in public water supplies. The chemicals, known as PFAS, have in recent years been discovered to threaten water systems across the country. They can spread quickly in water and have been tied to cancer, development disabilities and kidney damage.
Drinking water threatened by harmful chemicals and SC needs help, senators told Sammy Fretwell, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Jan. 27 An emerging class of toxins increasingly threatens drinking water across South Carolina, but state officials have so far failed to set standards that could protect millions of people.
That was the message Wednesday from a coalition of environmental groups that wants the state Legislature to establish limits on the amount of the chemicals allowed in public water supplies.
The chemicals, known as PFAS, have in recent years been discovered to threaten water systems across the country. They can spread quickly in water and have been tied to cancer, development disabilities and kidney damage.
Travis Lee DeFreese, of Ruston, LA, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020 following a long illness.
Travis was born August 4, 1931 in West Monroe, Louisiana and attended Claiborne and Crosley Grammar Schools. In 1950, he graduated from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, as part of the first class to complete 12 grades. When the new Ouachita Parish High School opened, he was one of ten representatives chosen to personify outstanding students from all the previous student bodies at Ouachita.
Mr. DeFreese received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1954. While at Tech, he served as Student Body President, President of the sophomore, and Junior Classes, and also President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Epsilon Gamma Chapter.