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.
By Elizabeth Grossman Apr 30, 2008

  • Food for thought of the day

    Save women's reproductive decision making, save the planet.
    By Lynn Harris June 11, 2008

  • 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?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski June 22, 2006

  • 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?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 18, 2005

  • 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.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 18, 2005

  • The fish-eating conundrum

    Think you've got the guidelines straight for pregnant women's fish consumption? Think again.
    By Carol Lloyd October 5, 2007

  • Mothers should feast on fish?

    A report says pregnant women can raise their child's IQ by eating fish.
    By Tracy Clark-Flory February 16, 2007

  • Hot tuna

    The government says it's OK for pregnant women to consume some canned tuna. Consumer Reports disagrees.
    By Page Rockwell June 8, 2006

  • 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.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski April 18, 2005

  • Heavy-metal madness

    A report by two congressmen downplays the connection between toxic mercury emissions and human health.
    By Amanda Griscom Little February 26, 2005

  • I am what I ate

    I'm a toxic waste dump, loaded with mercury -- and I don't even eat very much fish.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski November 17, 2004

  • Mercury uprising

    Bush's mercury proposal is drawing heat from both sides of the congressional aisle.
    By Amanda Griscom April 1, 2004

  • 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.
    By Arianna Huffington March 24, 2004

  • 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.
    By Amanda Griscom February 12, 2004

  • Cheney's energy crisis

    The Supreme Court may give the veep an out from his Energy Task Force mess.
    By Amanda Griscom December 18, 2003

  • Splitting airs

    Bush's latest clean-air proposals are better than nothing, but not by much.
    By Amanda Griscom December 11, 2003

  • 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."
    By Damien Cave April 25, 2000

  • 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
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 1, 1998

  • Sharps and Flats: Steve Poltz

    By Keith Moerer March 17, 1998

  • Music Review: Hanson, Radish, Johnny Lang

    By Keith Moerer July 6, 1997

  • Mark Eitzel

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
    By Richard Overton June 8, 1997

  • Shocked Value

    Once you save your soul, says Michelle Shocked, Making Music is Just the Gravy.
    By Cynthia Joyce October 14, 1996
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