Articles by Grist staff

The Lead Story

A Romanian mine has dumped a new load of pollution into the Tisza River, less than three weeks after the same mine spilled some 20,000 tons of lead, zinc, and other metals into the river, which flows through Hungary before reaching the Danube. On Sunday, heavy rains and melting snow washed away part of an […]

Let Me Take You Down, 'Cause I'm Going to Strawberry Fields …

California farmers are increasing their use of pesticides and other carcinogenic and harmful chemicals, according to a new study by the watchdog group Pesticide Action Network. In the first comprehensive investigation into pesticide use in California, the group found that more than 50 million pounds of harsh chemicals were applied to California farm fields in […]

Pretty Soon, They'll Be Selling Decaf Water

Rivers and groundwater are being contaminated with minute amounts of everything from antibiotics and birth control pills to chemicals used in cosmetics, scientists said this week at the American Chemical Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco. The issue is only beginning to be studied, and scientists have no idea what the combined effects on humans […]

Grand Piano

President Clinton yesterday announced tighter limits on sightseeing flights over Grand Canyon National Park, an effort to restore “natural quiet” to one of the nation’s busiest national parks. The new rules will cap the number of flights at 90,000 a year and make 75 percent of the park off-limits to planes and helicopters, up from […]