2015-05-12-ttip-and-edcs-letter_may-2015-af3ab678e2bf3b89.pdf

A letter from several international organizations to Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange expressing concern that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could weaken public health and environmental standards for toxic chemicals, specifically endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

• The authors argue that the United States government has used trade arguments to criticize European Union laws on hazardous chemicals, characterizing them as "discriminatory" and "unnecessary obstacles to trade". They specifically cite a January 16, 2015, submission by the US Government regarding endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) as an attempt to pressure the EU to ensure that "global trade is not unnecessarily disrupted".
• On April 14, 2015, the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted 59-8 (with two abstentions) to exclude chemicals and four other health-related areas from TTIP negotiations. This vote aimed to prevent "trade-offs between economic goals and public health, food safety, animal welfare and the environment", specifically mentioning REACH and its implementation as an area where no agreement would be reached due to diverging rules.
• The document highlights a significant disparity in chemical regulations between the EU and US, noting that the US allows the use of more than 1,300 cosmetic ingredients and over 80 hazardous pesticides that are banned in the EU. It further claims that regulatory cooperation under TTIP could hinder the ability of US states and EU member states to regulate toxic chemicals through "onerous and lengthy procedures".
• The letter asserts that the human health costs of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) for Europeans are conservatively estimated at 157 billion Euro (approximately US $175 billion) per year, contrasting these real costs against the "hypothetical 'trade impacts'" cited by chemical manufacturers.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2015). 2015-05-12-ttip-and-edcs-letter_may-2015-af3ab678e2bf3b89.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-05-12-TTIP-and-EDCs-Letter_May-2015.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. 2015-05-12-ttip-and-edcs-letter_may-2015-af3ab678e2bf3b89.pdf. 2015. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-05-12-TTIP-and-EDCs-Letter_May-2015.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw201520150512ttipandedcslettermay2015af3ab678e2bf3b89pdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{2015-05-12-ttip-and-edcs-letter\_may-2015-af3ab678e2bf3b89.pdf}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2015}, month = may, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-05-12-TTIP-and-EDCs-Letter_May-2015.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }