05.24.2009 11:43 am

Figuring out which plastic bottles can leach controversial chemical

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A story about hard plastic drinking bottles containing bisphenol A leaching notable amounts of the controversial chemical into people’s bodies that appeared on page A1 of Friday’s Post-Dispatch raised questions from readers as to exactly which bottles had BPA.

One reader wanted…

Media partly to blame for trampled Wal-Mart worker, columnist says

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The media and retailers have created a frenzy about “Black Friday” as a mega shopping day — and are partly to blame for the madness in Long Island last week that resulted in a worker at Wal-Mart being trampled to…

Stories that didn’t get on A1

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We have three news meetings each weekday at which section editors pitch stories for A1 display.

Today’s front page ended up with these topics:

The Summer Olympics, FAA fines American Airlines over safety issues, Wal-Mart’s local supercenter expansion and cyber-support groups for illnesses.

Two stories…

Figuring out which plastic bottles can leach controversial chemical

Media partly to blame for trampled Wal-Mart worker, columnist says

Stories that didn’t get on A1

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