Articles by Grist staff

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association

Ronnie Cummins is national director of the Organic Consumers Association and the author of the recent book, Genetically Engineered Food: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers. Monday, 2 Apr 2001 SANTA FE, N.M. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. today thinking about organic coffee, social justice, and genetic engineering. Specifically, as I climbed out of bed […]

Something Is Rotten in the State of Denmark

A 550,000-gallon oil spill caused by the collision of a tanker and a freighter in the Baltic Sea reached the shores of Denmark yesterday. Strong winds broke the spill into dozens of separate slicks and high waves complicated clean-up efforts by the Danish, German, and Swedish governments. The tanker, which was carrying 9.7 million gallons […]

Taking a Charge in the Paint

In an effort to force Rhode Island to abandon its lawsuit against the country’s biggest lead paint manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has requested that state and Providence city officials produce 50 years of public records that have anything to do with lead poisoning. The chamber hopes the documents reveal mistakes and liabilities created […]

Surly, With Infringe on Top

A federal judge in Canada ruled yesterday that a Canadian farmer had infringed on Monsanto’s patent rights because plants from the company’s genetically engineered canola seed had been found on his property, apparently after pollen from modified plants on farms nearby had drifted onto his land. The farmer, Percy Schmeiser, was ordered to pay thousands […]