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Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment
A possible way to alleviate the public skepticism toward regulatory science is to increase transparency by making all data and value judgments used in regulatory decision making accessible for public interpretation, ideally early on in the process, and following the concepts of Open Science. This pa...
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8596791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33913617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4433 |
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author | Brock, Theo C. M. Elliott, Kevin C. Gladbach, Anja Moermond, Caroline Romeis, Jörg Seiler, Thomas‐Benjamin Solomon, Keith Peter Dohmen, G. |
author_facet | Brock, Theo C. M. Elliott, Kevin C. Gladbach, Anja Moermond, Caroline Romeis, Jörg Seiler, Thomas‐Benjamin Solomon, Keith Peter Dohmen, G. |
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description | A possible way to alleviate the public skepticism toward regulatory science is to increase transparency by making all data and value judgments used in regulatory decision making accessible for public interpretation, ideally early on in the process, and following the concepts of Open Science. This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges in strengthening Open Science initiatives in regulatory environmental risk assessment (ERA). In this discussion paper, we argue that the benefits associated with Open Science in regulatory ERA far outweigh its perceived risks. All stakeholders involved in regulatory ERA (e.g., governmental regulatory authorities, private sector, academia, and nongovernmental organizations), as well as professional organizations like the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, can play a key role in supporting the Open Science initiative, by promoting the use of recommended reporting criteria for reliability and relevance of data and tools used in ERA, and by developing a communication strategy for both professionals and nonprofessionals to transparently explain the socioeconomic value judgments and scientific principles underlying regulatory ERA. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:1229–1242. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) |
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spelling | pubmed-85967912021-11-22 Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment Brock, Theo C. M. Elliott, Kevin C. Gladbach, Anja Moermond, Caroline Romeis, Jörg Seiler, Thomas‐Benjamin Solomon, Keith Peter Dohmen, G. Integr Environ Assess Manag Health & Ecological Risk Assessment A possible way to alleviate the public skepticism toward regulatory science is to increase transparency by making all data and value judgments used in regulatory decision making accessible for public interpretation, ideally early on in the process, and following the concepts of Open Science. This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges in strengthening Open Science initiatives in regulatory environmental risk assessment (ERA). In this discussion paper, we argue that the benefits associated with Open Science in regulatory ERA far outweigh its perceived risks. All stakeholders involved in regulatory ERA (e.g., governmental regulatory authorities, private sector, academia, and nongovernmental organizations), as well as professional organizations like the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, can play a key role in supporting the Open Science initiative, by promoting the use of recommended reporting criteria for reliability and relevance of data and tools used in ERA, and by developing a communication strategy for both professionals and nonprofessionals to transparently explain the socioeconomic value judgments and scientific principles underlying regulatory ERA. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:1229–1242. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-05-18 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8596791/ /pubmed/33913617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4433 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Health & Ecological Risk Assessment Brock, Theo C. M. Elliott, Kevin C. Gladbach, Anja Moermond, Caroline Romeis, Jörg Seiler, Thomas‐Benjamin Solomon, Keith Peter Dohmen, G. Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title | Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title_full | Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title_fullStr | Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title_full_unstemmed | Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title_short | Open Science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
title_sort | open science in regulatory environmental risk assessment |
topic | Health & Ecological Risk Assessment |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8596791/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33913617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4433 |
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