Comments Grant Ed has made

  • The stat appears to be correct, although should probably refer to chemicals synthesized *or isolated*. Still pretty amazing. From the good folks at the CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society: "Achieving a milestone of 50 million small molecules registered, which I congratulate CAS for, has given us two major insights; one is that a novel substance is either isolated or synthesized every 2.6 seconds on the average during the past 12 months, day and night, seven days a week in the world, showing an almost unbelievable rate of progress in science," said Dr. Hideaki Chihara, Ph.D. chemist and former president of Japan Association for International Chemical Information." http://www.cas.org/newsevents/releases/50millionth090809.htmlOn Seventh Generation launches anti-toxics campaign with wee gimmick posted 3 weeks ago 7 Responses

  • Good for you Grist! Change: some people like it some people hate it, but only time will tell if it's Bob Dylan going elecric or Ethel Merman doing disco.


    Myself, I think the colors are improved, but then again I like bright shiny things. Pastels make me vaguely queasy. The layout has an old-timer like me confused (where's my account page?), but new users may find it easy compared to the old spaghetti bowl. Hopefully the beta versioning will help Grist work out the bugs.

    On Welcome to the new Grist! posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago 106 Responses

  • Checking Corporate Power

    All of the worthy issues previously mentioned could be dealt with if we could first get a leash on corporate power.

    Will any of the candidates finally return our our government to being by, of and for the people?On Leave suggestions in comments posted 2 years ago 35 Responses

  • Steps small and large

    Congrats on the Today show appearances, you guys are doing well in getting the message out. Regarding the negative comments on the tepid nature of that message, I guess it depends on whether you want a revolution or think there's still time for evolution.

    Given the general tv audience has a hefty lack of a sense of impending danger, I think it's entirely appropriate for Grist just try to get a foot in the door rather than try to kick it in.

    Most people will not go vegan after hearing about the statistics on meat industry pollution. Trying one day of meat-free living a week however is a lot easier to accept and may just show them that the sacrifice is not nearly as hard as they had imagined.On 7 easy steps to reduce your carbon emissions posted 2 years ago 13 Responses