Articles by Grist staff

Wheaties — Breakfast of X-Men

Wheat grown near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident is six times more likely to show mutations than wheat grown just 19 miles away, according to a study by a team of scientists in Ukraine, Britain, and Switzerland. The research, published in the journal Nature, suggests that radiation may push crops and other […]

Two Good to Be True?

The board of the New York League of Conservation Voters is split over whom to endorse in the race for New York’s open Senate seat — Rep. Rick Lazio (R) or Hillary Rodham Clinton. “Usually there is a clear leader on the issues on one side or the other, but this is one of those […]

Suing for Label

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by consumer and environmental organizations and a group of scientists that want the U.S. government to require labels on genetically modified (GM) foods. The suit challenged an eight-year-old policy of the Food and Drug Administration that considers gene-altering techniques to be essentially the same as conventional plant-breeding […]

Don't Bring Your Work Home With You

Workers in dozens of industries are not only being exposed to dangerous substances on the job, but are also transporting those toxins home on their clothes, skin, tools, and briefcases, unwittingly exposing family members to dangerous contamination, according to an investigation by USA Today. Radioactive material, pesticides, mercury, lead, asbestos, PCBs, and arsenic are some […]