Articles by Grist staff

We Know Kids Can Be Pests, But This Is Ridiculous

Home insecticides may double risk for acute childhood leukemia French medical researchers have discovered yet another reason to practice nontoxic pest control around the home: It may reduce your kids’ risk of acute leukemia. The team’s study, published today in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found that children in homes where mothers reported using […]

Dude, Where’s My Crop?

USDA failing to keep track of gene-mod crop experiments The U.S. Department of Agriculture has failed to adequately monitor thousands of acres of experimental biotechnology crops, according to, um, itself. A two-year internal investigation yielded a report released quietly — that is to say, buried — in the days before Christmas. In it, the department’s […]

Readers talk back about hookers, condoms, and biofuels

  Re: OK, We’ll Just Drill Over Here Instead Dear Editor: I thought your statement that Cheney and the energy task force treat ecosystems like a “two-bit hooker” was inappropriate, unseemly, slanderous, and entirely out of line. I’m sure those guys treat their hookers much better than that. Laura K. Oakland, Calif.   Re: Buenos […]

It’s Just Another MLK Monday

Grist won’t be publishing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day So no news from us on Monday, but we’ll be back in fine form on Tuesday. See you then.