Articles by Grist staff

Keep Off Trucking

A science advisory committee to the U.S. EPA has agreed with the agency’s assessment that diesel fumes are a “likely human carcinogen,” clearing the way for the EPA to release a report on diesel exhaust that has been at least 10 years in the making. The draft EPA report okayed by the committee, which is […]

To Itch His Own

A chemical compound known to cause allergic reactions in people is widely used as a flame retardant in computer plastics, according to research published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, a publication of the American Chemical Society. Scientists reported that the compound triphenyl phosphate was present in 10 of 18 new computer monitors they […]

Maybe Cheetahs Do Prosper After All

India plans to spend more than $1 million in an attempt to clone a cheetah, almost a half century after the animal vanished from the Indian subcontinent. Indian scientists plan to use techniques similar to those being employed by American researchers who have implanted in a cow a cloned embryo of an endangered Asian gaur, […]

Deborah Bakker, Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives pavilion, EXPO 2000

Deborah Bakker is currently working at the Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives (ZERI) pavilion at EXPO 2000, the World’s Fair in Hannover, Germany. Previously she worked for the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Originally hailing from Ottawa, she currently calls Winnipeg, Manitoba, home. Monday, 16 Oct 2000 HANNOVER, Germany I’ve been here for just over […]