COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- The University of South Carolina issued the following news: * * * USC team identifies new class of disinfection byproducts in water treatment systems By Chris Horn, chorn@mailbox.sc.edu An environmental chemistry research lab at USC at the forefront of efforts to find and identify disinfection byproducts in U.S. water treatment systems has discovered a new, highly toxic class of byproducts. The compounds, known as halo-cyclopentadienes, are like the more  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Dec. 13 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * Winthrop Poll Finds that a Majority of SC Residents Don't Favor Politically Based Redistricting HIGHLIGHTS * A majority of residents (66%) thinks it should be illegal to draw electoral districts in a way that makes it harder for members of a particular party to elect their preferred candidates and a greater majority (73%) thinks it should be illegal to draw electoral districts in a way that makes it ha  more