title: Prioritising chemicals used in personal care products in China for environmental risk assessment: application of the RAIDAR model.
abstract: China represents a significant market for the sale of personal care products (PCPs). Given the continuous emission of hundreds of chemicals used in PCPs to waste water and the aquatic environment after regular use, methods for prioritising the environmental risk assessment for China are needed. In an effort to assess the prioritisation of chemicals used in PCPs in China, we have identified the chemical ingredients used in 2500 PCPs released to the Chinese market in 2009, and estimated the annual emission of these chemicals. The physical-chemical property data for these substances have been estimated and used as model inputs in the RAIDAR model. In general, the RAIDAR model provides an overall assessment of the multimedia fate of chemicals, and provides a holistic approach for prioritising chemical ingredients. The prioritisation exercise conducted in this study is shown to be strongly influenced by loss processes, such as the removal efficiencies of WWT plants and biotransformation.
authors.affiliation: Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, UK. todd.gouin@unilever.com
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gouin
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Egmond
authors.forename: Oliver R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Juliet E N
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hodges
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards / Q000633:toxicity; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards / Q000633:toxicity; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008956:Models, Chemical; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics; D004785:Environmental Pollutants