Shem Creek - A seafood-lover's paradise!

Santee Cooper’s Winyah plant in Georgetown tops DHEC’s list for mercury polluters here in SC for 2008.

According to the EPA and the CDC, 1 in 6 – around 630,000 – American children are born with potentially unsafe levels of mercury in their blood every year.

For $25 through Greenpeace, you can get tested for mercury today – it may be a big eye-opener!

_{DHEC provided these figures in response to a request under the SC Freedom of Information Act from the Post & Courier. Emissions levels are estimates. Some locations were measured several years ago and may no long emit mercury emissions.}

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