Articles by Grist staff

Shape Up or Ship Out

A toxic pesticide that the U.S. banned in the 1980s, heptachlor, has been found in the wastewater of three cruise ships traveling in Alaska waters. Test results obtained from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation also indicated illegal levels of lead, copper, zinc, and silver in the wastewater that ships dump at sea, called gray […]

Urine Trouble

Chemicals used in consumer products ranging from perfumes and hair sprays to artificial leather and garden hoses may be found in surprisingly high levels in humans, according to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. When the scientists tested blood and urine […]

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

The Save Valley Conservancy in Zimbabwe, touted as the biggest privately owned wildlife park in the world, has seen 1,600 wild animals killed since February, including antelope and at least two elephants and one lion, and police for the most part have been ignoring the poaching. The problems began when President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party […]

Canadian Bakin'

Canada’s federal cabinet has approved a five-year, $500 million plan to address the problem of climate change, the government’s first substantive effort on the issue, though it only goes one-third of the way to meeting the country’s emission-reduction targets under the Kyoto climate change treaty. The plan, to be officially unveiled today, will call on […]