ttip_edcs_12may2015-91fea7265d07965f.pdf

The document expresses concern that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could be used by the US government and industry to pressure the EU into weakening its standards for toxic chemicals, specifically endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). It highlights a conflict between trade goals and public health, noting that the US has criticized EU hazardous chemical laws as trade barriers. The authors support a European Parliament ENVI Committee vote to exclude chemicals from TTIP to avoid trade-offs between economic goals and health, citing the high human health costs of EDCs in Europe and the risk that regulatory cooperation would hinder the ability of both EU member states and US states to regulate toxic substances.

• The US government has characterized the EU's approach to hazardous chemicals as trade barriers, claiming in 2014 that they "are discriminatory, lack a legitimate rationale, and pose unnecessary obstacles to trade".
• In January 2015, the US government urged the EU to ensure that its approach to regulating endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) does not "unnecessarily disrupt" global trade, suggesting that a divergent approach from the US would contradict the "primary objective" of TTIP.
• The European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted 59-8 on 14 April 2015 to exclude chemicals and four other health-related areas from TTIP to ensure no "trade-offs between economic goals and public health, food safety, animal welfare and the environment".

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2015). ttip_edcs_12may2015-91fea7265d07965f.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/TTIP_EDCs_12May2015.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. ttip_edcs_12may2015-91fea7265d07965f.pdf. 2015. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/TTIP_EDCs_12May2015.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2015ttipedcs12may201591fea7265d07965fpdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{ttip\_edcs\_12may2015-91fea7265d07965f.pdf}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2015}, month = may, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/TTIP_EDCs_12May2015.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }