Articles by Grist staff

That's Fin With Us

The U.S. House voted 350 to 1 yesterday to ban in U.S. waters the practice known as shark finning, in which sharks are caught, their fins are cut off, and the rest of their dead or dying bodies are thrown back in the ocean. Some 60,000 Pacific sharks are killed by this method each year […]

Up With People

The U.S. EPA has decided to adopt a policy of ignoring experiments conducted on humans by pesticide companies when setting legal limits for the chemicals in food and water, officials said yesterday. The agency does not regulate scientific research by private companies, but it has usually relied on industry studies to establish limits for pesticides. […]

A Lawn Time Coming

The environment committee of Canada’s House of Commons has proposed a nationwide ban on “cosmetic” pesticides used on residential lawns to make them look greener and to kill dandelions, reflecting growing concern about the health effects of lawn chemicals, especially on children. Health Minister Allan Rock plans to propose legislation this fall that would overhaul […]

Amy Souers, American Rivers

Amy Souers is online editor for American Rivers in Washington, D.C. She is on a two-month cross-country road trip exploring America’s rivers. Monday, 5 Jun 2000 WERNERSVILLE, Penn. Today I left Washington, D.C., and my home river, the Potomac. Ask any paddler, angler, or other river person in this city and they’ll tell you that […]