Mercury

Poison ice Poison ice

As the sea ice melts, a toxic stew of mercury and synthetic chemicals is seeping into the Arctic food web, harming the area's people. We may be next.
  • Food for thought of the day

    Save women's reproductive decision making, save the planet.
  • Tuna meltdown

    Consumer Reports is telling pregnant women to cut tuna from their diets. So why is the U.S. government casting tuna to poor mothers for free?
  • Bush's toxic EPA

    Mercury pollution puts more than 600,000 American newborns at risk per year for permanent brain damage. Why is the administration siding with polluters?
  • Mercury rising

    Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.
  • The fish-eating conundrum

    Think you've got the guidelines straight for pregnant women's fish consumption? Think again.
  • Mothers should feast on fish?

    A report says pregnant women can raise their child's IQ by eating fish.
  • Hot tuna

    The government says it's OK for pregnant women to consume some canned tuna. Consumer Reports disagrees.
  • How I lost my toxic glow

    My mercury contamination level is down to a more healthful level. But I had to give up eating fish to get it there.
  • Heavy-metal madness

    A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health.
  • I am what I ate

    I'm a toxic waste dump, loaded with mercury -- and I don't even eat very much fish.
  • Mercury uprising

    Bush's mercury proposal is drawing heat from both sides of the congressional aisle.
  • I'd like a tuna on white -- hold the mercury!

    The big issue in November may be the presence of mercury in your tuna sandwich.
  • The cowboy judge

    Environmentalists hope Senate Democrats will block Bush's new ranch-friendly judicial nominee, but a filibuster might suit the Bush administration just fine.
  • Cheney's energy crisis

    The Supreme Court may give the veep an out from his Energy Task Force mess.
  • Splitting airs

    Bush's latest clean-air proposals are better than nothing, but not by much.
  • Dot-com party madness

    Forget about return on investment. Bay Area tech companies spend $1 million a month on food, drink and music in exchange for "buzz."
  • Music Feature: A match made in pop heaven

    A match made in pop heaven: Costello's words and Bacharach's music were meant to be together
  • Sharps and Flats: Steve Poltz

  • Music Review: Hanson, Radish, Johnny Lang

  • Mark Eitzel

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • Shocked Value

    Once you save your soul, says Michelle Shocked, Making Music is Just the Gravy.

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