Articles by Grist staff

Singing a New Tuna

Following criticism from the Environmental Working Group, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will order an independent scientific review of its advisories for pregnant women about eating fish. Although widely regarded as a healthful, some fish can concentrate mercury in their fatty tissues. When eaten by pregnant women, the mercury can cause brain damage in […]

TRI Harder

Finally, some vaguely proactive environmental action from the White House: In a letter sent to the U.S. EPA today, the White House budget office called for better reporting of toxic industrial discharges to reduce the “considerable lag” between the gathering of data and its public release. Such information is published in the EPA’s annual Toxics […]

A River Doesn’t Run Through It

The Yellow River is China’s second-longest river and the cradle of a 4,000-year-old civilization; now, though, it’s drying up and life along its banks is changing forever. Much of the water in the Yellow River is diverted to arid inner provinces for agricultural purposes, leaving areas downstream without a stream at all. For example, in […]

Michelle Smith, Groundwork Providence

Michelle Smith is an AmeriCorps volunteer with Groundwork Providence, asmall nonprofit urban environmental organization in Providence, R.I. Sheworks on integrating the arts into Groundwork’s environmentalprogramming. Monday, 4 Mar 2002 PROVIDENCE, R.I. Welcome to the final countdown to Runway Earth: Recycled Fashions for a Sustainable World, the fashion show that dares to ask: If you’re not […]