Journal
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107610
Keywords
International Society of Exposure Science; Data analysis; Data management; Chemicals; Exposure assessment; Risk assessment
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Funding
- European Commission [30032]
- Safe and Efficient Chemistry by Design (SafeChem) project - Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research [DIA 2018/11]
- SPRINT project under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program [862568]
- PARC project under the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation program [101057014]
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High-quality and comprehensive exposure-related data are crucial for decision-making in various fields. However, the current situation of scattered, low-quality, and inaccessible data repositories hinders their efficient and effective utilization. This study proposes a strategic guidance for an integrated European exposure data production and management framework to enhance data usage in science and policy.
High-quality and comprehensive exposure-related data are critical for different decision contexts, including environmental and human health monitoring, and chemicals risk assessment and management. However, exposure-related data are currently scattered, frequently of unclear quality and structure, not readily accessible, and stored in various-partly overlapping-data repositories, leading to inefficient and ineffective data usage in Europe and globally. We propose strategic guidance for an integrated European exposure data production and management framework for use in science and policy, building on current and future data analysis and digita-lization trends. We map the existing exposure data landscape to requirements for data analytics and repositories across European policies and regulations. We further identify needs and ways forward for improving data generation, sharing, and usage, and translate identified needs into an operational action plan for European and global advancement of exposure data for policies and regulations. Identified key areas of action are to develop consistent exposure data standards and terminology for data production and reporting, increase data trans-parency and availability, enhance data storage and related infrastructure, boost automation in data management, increase data integration, and advance tools for innovative data analysis. Improving and streamlining exposure data generation and uptake into science and policy is crucial for the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustain -ability and European Digital Strategy, in line with EU Data policies on data management and interoperability.
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