Joint open letter from the representatives of civil society and the environment on the Draghi Report considerations regarding chemicals

A joint open letter from civil society organizations criticizes the Draghi report for neglecting the societal and environmental costs of the chemicals industry, misrepresenting EU regulatory processes like REACH, and overlooking the availability of safer alternatives to PFAS.

• The Draghi report is criticized for failing to account for the societal and environmental costs of the chemicals sector, such as health impacts and water cleanup, which the authors claim could exceed 10% of global GDP.
• The authors argue that the Draghi report mischaracterizes EU chemical regulations, specifically claiming that the report wrongly frames REACH as a constraint and incorrectly asserts that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has the legal power to impose bans independently.
• The letter disputes the report's use of PFAS as an example of regulatory burden, noting that health-related costs for PFAS in Europe are estimated between €52-84 billion annually and that safer alternatives already exist for semiconductors, hydrogen production, and EV batteries.

APA

ClientEarth (2024). Joint open letter from the representatives of civil society and the environment on the Draghi Report considerations regarding chemicals. https://www.clientearth.org/media/jqzjqt3q/ngo-open-letter-to-council-and-eu-commission-reaction-to-draghi-report-on-chemicals-policy-1.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint open letter from the representatives of civil society and the environment on the Draghi Report considerations regarding chemicals. 2024. https://www.clientearth.org/media/jqzjqt3q/ngo-open-letter-to-council-and-eu-commission-reaction-to-draghi-report-on-chemicals-policy-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2024joint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint open letter from the representatives of civil society and the environment on the Draghi Report considerations regarding chemicals}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/jqzjqt3q/ngo-open-letter-to-council-and-eu-commission-reaction-to-draghi-report-on-chemicals-policy-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }