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Establishing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles for estuarine organisms exposed to engineered nanomaterials

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After 20 years of assessing ecotoxicological risks of engineered nanomaterials, data gaps limit the efficacy of regulatory guidelines. Presently, there are efforts to compile historical data on nanomaterial research into online data platforms that follow FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) principles. FAIR data practices for alternative testing strategies such as mesocosms are needed as standard testing strategies and regulatory platforms do not appropriately capture the mobility and bioavailability of nanomaterials in an ecosystem, limits their ability to define environmental risk. The study created a FAIR dataset for mesocosm research from three European projects with data conforming to standard ontologies modified to accommodate mesocosms. Data ranked well on the FAIRness maturity indicator proposed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 initiative, with data on physicochemical properties being a major limitation for reusability. Statistical analysis demonstrated that chemical elements were a dominant descriptor of the data. FAIR data were achieved in the present study; however, the research highlights questions surrounding data reporting guidelines for alternative testing strategies. Considerations around data usage for historical data are also necessary to meet stakeholder needs.

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The authors appreciate the assistance of Mèlanie Auffan and Kenza Amzil from the Centre Européen de recherche et d’enseignement des géosciences de l’environnement (CEREGE) for ontology preparation, data uploading and web management of the database through the MESOCOSM platform.

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The research contained within this publication was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program NanoInformaTIX under Grant agreement 814426.

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AB contributed to conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, data curation, writing- original draft, IM contributed to data curation, writing reviewing and editing; H-PE contributed to data curation, writing reviewing and editing; J-MM contributed to formal analysis, visualization; AC contributed to funding acquisition, visualization, writing reviewing and editing. The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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Barrick, A., Métais, I., Ettajani, HP. et al. Establishing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles for estuarine organisms exposed to engineered nanomaterials. Int J Data Sci Anal 16, 407–419 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41060-023-00447-z

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