When it comes to climate change, Grist (like many green advocacy outlets), is quick to pounce on media stories it deems substandard. A recent example is this slapdown from Grist's executive editor, titled:
How Huffington Post aided a demolition job on climate science
Well, it turns out that Grist has a wrecking ball of its own, in the form of an article headlined:
New Study links autism to high-fructose corn syrup
Yes, you read that right. The Grist writer, Tom Laskawy, gives this overview:
The study's argument is complicated but deeply disturbing. It pieces together what's known about the genetic and metabolic factors involved with autism, including the growing evidence of a link between autism and mercury and organophosphate pesticide exposure. Essentially, HFCS [high fructose corn syrup] can interfere with the body's uptake of certain dietary minerals "” namely zinc. And that, when combined with other mineral deficiencies common among ...
