Articles by Grist staff

EPA approves carcinogenic pesticide

Just when we think the U.S. EPA might have some sense, it goes and approves a carcinogenic pesticide, ignoring scientists’ warnings that “pregnant women and the fetus, children, the elderly, farmworkers, and other people living near application sites would be at serious risk.” As a substitute for ozone-depleting fumigant methyl bromide, California and Florida strawberry […]

Heat shuts down Chicago marathon

Sweltering humidity and 88-degree temperatures forced yesterday’s Chicago marathon to shut down early for the first time in its 30-year history. One runner died, more than 300 were hospitalized, and thousands were really irritated.

Obama will outline energy plan in New Hampshire

Barack Obama will outline his energy plan later today in a speech in Portsmouth, N.H. Expect him to laud cap-and-trade and energy efficiency, propose spending $150 billion over the next decade on clean energy R&D, and blame politicians for not being ballsy enough to make bold proposals for tackling global warming.

A no-makeup diet is healthier for you and the planet

Did you know you can absorb up to five lbs. of chemicals every year from make-up and other "beauty" products? Yikes. A British paper presents that and other scary facts — "the average woman eats, albeit unwittingly, five lipsticks a year, which in her lifetime is the equivalent volume of 1.5 blocks of lard" — […]