Towards FAIR nanosafety data
Nina Jeliazkova, Margarita D. Apostolova, C Andreoli, Flavia Barone, Andrew Barrick, Chiara Laura Battistelli, Cecilia Bossa, Alina Botea‐Petcu, Amélie Châtel, Isabella De Angelis, Mária Dušinská, Naouale El Yamani, Daniela Gheorghe, Anna Maria Giusti, Paloma Gómez-Fernández, Roland Grafström, Maciej Gromelski, Nicklas Raun Jacobsen, Vedrin Jeliazkov, Keld Alstrup Jensen, Nikolay Kochev, Pekka Kohonen, Nicolas Manier, Espen Mariussen, Agnieszka Mech, José M. Navas, Vesselina Paskaleva, Aurica Precupaş, Tomasz Puzyn, Kirsten Rasmussen, Peter Ritchie, Isabel Rodríguez-Llopis, Elise Rundén‐Pran, Romică Sandu, Neeraj Shandilya, Speranţa Tănăsescu, Andrea Haase, Penny Nymark
Abstract
Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology with billions of euros in global investment from public funding, which include large collaborative projects that have investigated environmental and health safety aspects of nanomaterials, but the reuse of accumulated data is clearly lagging behind. Here we summarize challenges and provide recommendations for the efficient reuse of nanosafety data, in line with the recently established FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) guiding principles. We describe the FAIR-aligned Nanosafety Data Interface, with an aggregated findability, accessibility and interoperability across physicochemical, bio–nano interaction, human toxicity, omics, ecotoxicological and exposure data. Overall, we illustrate a much-needed path towards standards for the optimized use of existing data, which avoids duplication of efforts, and provides a multitude of options to promote safe and sustainable nanotechnology. The proposal of a FAIR-aligned Nanosafety Data Interface can advance findability, accessibility and interoperability across physicochemical, bio–nano interaction, human toxicity, omics, ecotoxicological and exposure data.