Cosmet'eau -Changes in the personal care product consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments

Adèle Bressy (1) , Catherine Carré (2, 1) , Émilie Caupos (1) , Bernard de Gouvello (3, 1) , José-Frédéric Deroubaix (1) , Jean-Claude Deutsch (4) , Romain Mailler (5) , Anthony Marconi (6) , Pascale Neveu (7) , Laurent Paulic (6) , Sébastien Pichon (5) , Vincent Rocher (5) , Irina Severin (4) , Mathilde Soyer (1) , Régis Moilleron (1)

1 LEESU - Laboratoire Eau Environnement et Systèmes Urbains
2 LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces
3 CSTB - Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment
4 Association Arceau-IdF
5 SIAAP - Direction du Développement et de la Prospective
6 Tronico-VigiCell
7 Ville de Paris

The Cosmet'eau project (2015-2018) investigates the " changes in the personal care product (PCP) consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments. " In this project, the example of PCPs will be used to understand how public health concerns related to micropollutants can be addressed by public authorities – including local authorities –, industries and consumers. The project aims to characterize the possible changes in PCP consumption practices and to evaluate the impact of their implementation on aquatic contamination. Our goals are to study the whistle-blowers, the risk perception of consumers linked with their practices and the contamination in parabens and their substitutes, triclosan and triclocarban from wastewater to surface water. The project investigates the following potential solutions: modifications of industrial formulation or changes in consumption practices. The final purpose is to provide policy instruments for local authorities aiming at building effective strategies to fight against micropollutants in receiving waters.

Keywords: consumption practices; endocrine disruptors; micropollutants; parabens; personal care products; source reduction; urban water cycle; whistle-blowers

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental studies; Sociology

Adèle Bressy, Catherine Carré, Émilie Caupos, Bernard de Gouvello, José-Frédéric Deroubaix, et al.. Cosmet'eau -Changes in the personal care product consumption practices: from whistle-blowers to impacts on aquatic environments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23 (13), pp.13581-13584. ⟨10.1007/s11356-016-6794-y⟩. ⟨hal-01348249⟩