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The fight against chlordecone contamination of the Caribbean population involves securing local food products, in an environment impacted by the persistent pollution of the pesticide, but also in socio-political tension (Ferdinand M., 2019). The recommendations allowing consumption of uncontaminated beef apply in the official circuit of the beef sector (Feidt C., Fournier A. et al., 2022), but do not cover all specific uses and barters. The challenge is therefore to know these informal circuits, of an illegal nature, in order to assess the risks and identify possible adaptations for these uses. The expected result for society is that the consumption of all local meat no longer contributes to exposing the population to contamination. This objective stems from consultations between the Guadeloupe association the Technical Institute of Livestock, intended for breeders in Guadeloupe and St Martin, which develops and disseminates good practices and technical progress in breeding; the AFPA research unit at the University of Lorraine, which, in conjunction with West Indian health monitoring organizations (SANIGWA and GDSM), has developed a decision support tool (OAD) before slaughter to allow decontamination of the animal if necessary; and, the research center on mediations of the University of Lorraine, specialized in environmental, public, health communication and media approach. The action research will be divided into three collaborative task forces (TF). The first, Mutual learning of the informal beef circuit, will include an ethnological approach and comprehensive interviews with local actors to co-construct this knowledge of informal beef circuits and clarify their social, traditional and economic complexity. The second, Reconciliation of safety awareness with the practices of the informal circuit, will allow the evaluation of the risks incurred by the population during these circuits anchored in the uses. It will then suggest adaptations of practices to raise public awareness of security. Finally, the Artistic and media mediation taskforce of the cultural nature of the informal circuit and the security elements to be provided, will develop the sharing of the results of TF1 and TF2. Different audiences will be targeted through artistic mediations (tales, street art and gwoka) to counteract the distrust of the population. These productions are intended for actors from the social, economic and cultural world and will constitute Theorized Creative Productions. A media approach, in particular media education for the youngest (Corroy L. dir, 2022), will also be proposed. Beyond the objectives of the task forces, even if the adaptation solutions provided will be immediately applicable, changes in practice will take time. The association of the Technical Institute of Livestock will therefore be responsible for evaluating them downstream of the project. The reception of the mediations carried out can, for its part, be assessed immediately by surveys. The promotion of scientific culture through knowledge-sharing activities will be directed towards citizens and decision-makers. Immediate open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications will be respected by repositories on Hal. An article co-written by the consortium will be submitted to the online journal The conversation. A participatory symposium will be organized in Guadeloupe. The project will be transferable to Martinique where the informal beef circuit is also present.