Beyond BPA: Court Battle Reveals A Shift In Debate Over Plastic Safety Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Beyond BPA: Court Battle Reveals A Shift In Debate Over Plastic Safety In 2007, a plastic called Tritan became a hit, partly because it was free of the chemical BPA. Then a competitor began suggesting that Tritan products contained other chemicals that act like estrogen. Read this story Satisfied Patients Now Make Hospitals Richer, But Is That Fair? The Affordable Care Act made sure that hospitals scoring well on patient satisfaction surveys are paid more by Medicare. But some say that gives small, boutique hospitals an unfair edge. Read this story Fitting In On Campus: Challenges For First-Generation Students When students are the first in their family to go to college, they often feel out of place. Many say they need more help from their schools. Read this story Not A Group House, Not A Commune: Europe Experiments With Co-Housing From urban high-density housing to rural communal living, Europeans are using the principle of co-housing — in which neighbors share space and resources, depending on their needs. Read this story Suspect In Foiled Canadian Mall Shooting Left Social Media Trail The young man who apparently killed himself as police closed in on him was said to have identified with the 1999 Columbine High School shooters. Read this story more news stories

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