Another problem with this attempt to ban BPA in food applications is that there is no scientific basis for doing so.

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So far, the European Commission has treated applicants on a first-come, first-served basis, though there is no guarantee that it will continue to do so.

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So, there is really no way to draw any conclusions about the scientific basis for Bloomberg's ban.

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There is also no basis for expecting Russian goodwill if we do so.

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As John Maynard Keynes put it so well after World War I: There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of Society than to debauch the currency.

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