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Kuo DTF, Shih YH. How effective is score-based data quality assessment? An illustration with fish BCF data. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 262:119880. [PMID: 39214491 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2024] [Revised: 08/26/2024] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Increasingly rigorous data quality (DQ) evaluations and/or screening practices are being applied to environmental and ecotoxicological datasets. DQ is predominantly evaluated by scoring given data against preselected criteria. This study provides the first examination on the effectiveness of score-based DQ evaluation in providing statistically meaningful differentiation of measurements using fish bioconcentration factor (BCF) dataset as an illustration. This is achieved by inspecting how log BCF differs with the built-in overall-DQ and specific-DQ evaluations, and how it is influenced by interactive effects and hierarchy of DQ criteria. Approximately 80-90% of analyzable chemicals show no statistical difference in log BCF between low-quality (LQ) and high-quality (HQ) measurements in overall evaluation (n = 183) or in individual evaluation of 6 DQ criteria (n = 53 to 101). Further examination shows that log BCF may/may not change with different combinations or total number of criteria violations. Tree analysis and nodal structures of deviation in log BCF also reveal the absence of common structural dependence on the criteria violated. Finally, simple averaging of all measurements without DQ differentiation yields comparable log BCFs as those derived using strictly HQ data with ≤0.5 log unit difference in over 93% of the chemicals (n = 158) and no dependence on number of measurements, fraction of LQ measurements, or bioaccumulation potential of the chemicals. For accurate log BCF, DQ appears no more important than having more independent measurements irrespective of their individual DQ statuses. This work concludes by calling for: (i) re-documentation of experimental details in legacy environmental and ecotoxicological datasets, (ii) examination of other DQ-categorized datasets using the tests and tools applied here, and (ii) a thorough and systematic reflection on how DQ should be assessed for modeling, benchmarking, and other data-based analyses or applications.
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- Dave T F Kuo
- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
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- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Tagne-Fotso R, Riou M, Saoudi A, Zeghnoun A, Frederiksen H, Berman T, Montazeri P, Andersson AM, Rodriguez-Martin L, Akesson A, Berglund M, Biot P, Castaño A, Charles MA, Cocco E, Den Hond E, Dewolf MC, Esteban-Lopez M, Gilles L, Govarts E, Guignard C, Gutleb AC, Hartmann C, Kold Jensen T, Koppen G, Kosjek T, Lambrechts N, McEachan R, Sakhi AK, Snoj Tratnik J, Uhl M, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, Van Nieuwenhuyse A, Vrijheid M, Weber T, Zaros C, Tarroja-Aulina E, Knudsen LE, Covaci A, Barouki R, Kolossa-Gehring M, Schoeters G, Denys S, Fillol C, Rambaud L. Exposure to bisphenol A in European women from 2007 to 2014 using human biomonitoring data - The European Joint Programme HBM4EU. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 190:108912. [PMID: 39116556 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 07/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Bisphenol A (BPA; or 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol) is an endocrine disrupting chemical. It was widely used in a variety of plastic-based manufactured products for several years. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently reduced the Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for BPA by 20,000 times due to concerns about immune-toxicity. OBJECTIVE We used human biomonitoring (HBM) data to investigate the general level of BPA exposure from 2007 to 2014 of European women aged 18-73 years (n = 4,226) and its determinants. METHODS Fifteen studies from 12 countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) were included in the BPA Study protocol developed within the European Joint Programme HBM4EU. Seventy variables related to the BPA exposure were collected through a rigorous post-harmonization process. Linear mixed regression models were used to investigate the determinants of total urine BPA in the combined population. RESULTS Total BPA was quantified in 85-100 % of women in 14 out of 15 contributing studies. Only the Austrian PBAT study (Western Europe), which had a limit of quantification 2.5 to 25-fold higher than the other studies (LOQ=2.5 µg/L), found total BPA in less than 5 % of the urine samples analyzed. The geometric mean (GM) of total urine BPA ranged from 0.77 to 2.47 µg/L among the contributing studies. The lowest GM of total BPA was observed in France (Western Europe) from the ELFE subset (GM=0.77 µg/L (0.98 µg/g creatinine), n = 1741), and the highest levels were found in Belgium (Western Europe) and Greece (Southern Europe), from DEMOCOPHES (GM=2.47 µg/L (2.26 µg/g creatinine), n = 129) and HELIX-RHEA (GM=2.47 µg/L (2.44 µg/g creatinine), n = 194) subsets, respectively. One hundred percent of women in 14 out of 15 data collections in this study exceeded the health-based human biomonitoring guidance value for the general population (HBM-GVGenPop) of 0.0115 µg total BPA/L urine derived from the updated EFSA's BPA TDI. Variables related to the measurement of total urine BPA and those related to the main socio-demographic characteristics (age, height, weight, education, smoking status) were collected in almost all studies, while several variables related to BPA exposure factors were not gathered in most of the original studies (consumption of beverages contained in plastic bottles, consumption of canned food or beverages, consumption of food in contact with plastic packaging, use of plastic film or plastic containers for food, having a plastic floor covering in the house, use of thermal paper…). No clear determinants of total urine BPA concentrations among European women were found. A broader range of data planned for collection in the original questionnaires of the contributing studies would have resulted in a more thorough investigation of the determinants of BPA exposure in European women. CONCLUSION This study highlights the urgent need for action to further reduce exposure to BPA to protect the population, as is already the case in the European Union. The study also underscores the importance of pre-harmonizing HBM design and data for producing comparable data and interpretable results at a European-wide level, and to increase HBM uptake by regulatory agencies.
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- Romuald Tagne-Fotso
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Santé publique France, The French Public Health Agency (SpFrance, ANSP), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Santé publique France, The French Public Health Agency (SpFrance, ANSP), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France
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- Department of Data Support, Data Processing and Analysis, Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Department of Data Support, Data Processing and Analysis, Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Israel Ministry of Health (MOH-IL), Jerusalem, Israel
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Brussels, Belgium
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- National Center for Environmental Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), French Institute for Medical Research and Health (Inserm), French Blood Agency, ELFE Joint Unit, Aubervilliers, France; Inserm UMR 1153, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Team Early Life Research on Later Health, University of Paris, Villejuif, France
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium; Provincial Institute of Hygiene (PIH), Antwerp, Belgium
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- National Center for Environmental Health, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Department of Public Health, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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- Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI), Department of Environmental Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, United Kingdom
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- Jozef Stefan Institute (JSI), Department of Environmental Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- German Environment Agency (UBA), Berlin, Germany
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department Health Protection, Laboratoire national de santé (LNS), Dudelange, Luxembourg; Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- German Environment Agency (UBA), Berlin, Germany
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- French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), French Institute for Medical Research and Health (Inserm), French Blood Agency, ELFE Joint Unit, Aubervilliers, France
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- Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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- Inserm UMR S-1124, University of Paris, T3S, Paris, France; Biochemistry, Metabolomics, and Proteomics Department, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- VITO Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Santé publique France, The French Public Health Agency (SpFrance, ANSP), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Santé publique France, The French Public Health Agency (SpFrance, ANSP), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Santé publique France, The French Public Health Agency (SpFrance, ANSP), 12 rue du Val d'Osne, Saint-Maurice Cedex 94415, France
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Di Paolo C, Bramke I, Stauber J, Whalley C, Otter R, Verhaegen Y, Nowell LH, Ryan AC. Implementation of the CREED approach for environmental assessments. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2024; 20:1019-1034. [PMID: 38426820 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Environmental exposure data are a key component of chemical and ecological assessments, supporting and guiding environmental management decisions and regulations. Measures taken to protect the environment based on exposure data can have social and economic implications. Flawed information may lead to measures being taken in the wrong place or to important action not being taken. Although the advantages of harmonizing evaluation methods have been demonstrated for hazard information, no comparable approach is established for exposure data evaluation. The goal of Criteria for Reporting and Evaluating Exposure Datasets (CREED) is to improve the transparency and consistency with which exposure data are evaluated regarding usability in environmental assessments. Here, we describe the synthesis of the CREED process, and propose methods and tools to summarize and interpret the outcomes of the data usability evaluation in support of decision-making and communication. The CREED outcome includes a summary that reports any key gaps or shortcomings in the reliability (data quality) and relevance (fitness for purpose) of the data being considered. The approach has been implemented in a workbook template (provided as Supporting Information), for assessors to readily follow the workflow and create a report card for any given dataset. The report card communicates the outcome of the CREED evaluation and summarizes important dataset attributes, providing a concise reference pertaining to the dataset usability for a specified purpose and documenting data limitations that may restrict data use or increase environmental assessment uncertainty. The application of CREED is demonstrated through three case studies, which also were used during beta testing of the methodology. As experience with the CREED approach application develops, further improvements may be identified and incorporated into the framework. Such development is to be encouraged in the interest of better science and decision-making, and to make environmental monitoring and assessment more cost-effective. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1019-1034. © 2024 SETAC.
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- Carolina Di Paolo
- Dow Benelux B.V., Toxicology and Environmental Research and Consulting, Terneuzen, The Netherlands
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- CSIRO Environment, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- La Trobe University, Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
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- Data Science Institute, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey (Emeritus), Sacramento, California, USA
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- International Zinc Association, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Zahn D, Arp HPH, Fenner K, Georgi A, Hafner J, Hale SE, Hollender J, Letzel T, Schymanski EL, Sigmund G, Reemtsma T. Should Transformation Products Change the Way We Manage Chemicals? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:7710-7718. [PMID: 38656189 PMCID: PMC11080041 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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When chemical pollutants enter the environment, they can undergo diverse transformation processes, forming a wide range of transformation products (TPs), some of them benign and others more harmful than their precursors. To date, the majority of TPs remain largely unrecognized and unregulated, particularly as TPs are generally not part of routine chemical risk or hazard assessment. Since many TPs formed from oxidative processes are more polar than their precursors, they may be especially relevant in the context of persistent, mobile, and toxic (PMT) and very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances, which are two new hazard classes that have recently been established on a European level. We highlight herein that as a result, TPs deserve more attention in research, chemicals regulation, and chemicals management. This perspective summarizes the main challenges preventing a better integration of TPs in these areas: (1) the lack of reliable high-throughput TP identification methods, (2) uncertainties in TP prediction, (3) inadequately considered TP formation during (advanced) water treatment, and (4) insufficient integration and harmonization of TPs in most regulatory frameworks. A way forward to tackle these challenges and integrate TPs into chemical management is proposed.
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- Daniel Zahn
- Helmholtz
Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Norwegian
Geotechnical Institute (NGI), P.O. Box 3930, Ullevål Stadion, 0806 Oslo, Norway
- Department
of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology (NTNU), N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Helmholtz
Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- TZW: DVGW
Water Technology Center, Karlsruher Str. 84, 76139 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Swiss
Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 8600 Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland
- ETH
Zurich, Institute of Biogeochemistry and
Pollutant Dynamics, Zürich 8092, Switzerland
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- AFIN-TS
GmbH (Analytisches Forschungsinstitut für Non-Target Screening), Am Mittleren Moos 48, 86167 Augsburg, Germany
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- Luxembourg
Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University
of Luxembourg, 6 avenue
du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Environmental
Technology, Wageningen University &
Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Helmholtz
Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Gerhards R, Seston RM, Kozerski GE, McNett DA, Boehmer T, Durham JA, Xu S. Basic considerations to minimize bias in collection and analysis of volatile methyl siloxanes in environmental samples. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 851:158275. [PMID: 36030859 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Monitoring studies that aim to quantify volatile methyl siloxanes (VMS) in environmental matrices may encounter a multitude of issues, most of which relate to the unique combination of physical-chemical characteristics of VMS that distinguish them from other classes of organic compounds. These properties, which are critical to their function in various applications, also control their fate and distribution in the environment, as well as the analytical chemistry of their measurement. Polycondensation and rearrangement reactions of VMS oligomers are possible during sample storage and analysis. Thus, care should be exercised to suppress these types of reactions by avoiding any catalytic substances or surfaces in sample collection and analysis equipment. Another factor complicating sample integrity in the analysis of trace levels of VMS, is their ubiquitous presence in many common products and components of instrumentation in the laboratory. For example, some gas chromatography columns and inlet septa have been identified as sources of VMS due to surface-catalyzed transformation of silicones to VMS promoted by moisture under high temperature in some silicone-based GC columns. Possible chemical transformation of the analytes, contamination from other sources, and potential loss of analytes need to be assessed throughout all aspects of the study, from sample collection through analysis, by establishing a rigorous quality assurance and quality control program. The implementation of such a robust QA/QC program facilitates the identification and minimization of potential analytical biases and ensures the validity and usability of data generated from environmental monitoring campaigns for VMS. The objective of this paper is to focus on aspects of collection, processing, and analysis of environmental samples that may influence the quality of the VMS analytical results. This information should then be employed in the design and implementation of future monitoring studies and can used to assess the validity of analytical results from VMS monitoring studies.
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- Hyla Environmental Consulting, LLC, Midland, MI 48640, USA.
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- Toxicology & Environment Research and Consulting (TERC), The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Toxicology & Environment Research and Consulting (TERC), The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Analytical Laboratory, 45127 Essen, Germany
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- Toxicology & Environment Research and Consulting (TERC), The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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- Toxicology & Environment Research and Consulting (TERC), The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48674, USA
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Kosnik MB, Kephalopoulos S, Muñoz A, Aurisano N, Cusinato A, Dimitroulopoulou S, Slobodnik J, De Mello J, Zare Jeddi M, Cascio C, Ahrens A, Bruinen de Bruin Y, Lieck L, Fantke P. Advancing exposure data analytics and repositories as part of the European Exposure Science Strategy 2020-2030. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2022; 170:107610. [PMID: 36356553 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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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 digitalization 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 transparency 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 Sustainability and European Digital Strategy, in line with EU Data policies on data management and interoperability.
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- Marissa B Kosnik
- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Air Quality and Public Health, EHE Dept, UK Health Security Agency, Chilton OX11 0RQ, United Kingdom
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- Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme, 75015 Paris, France
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 3721 MA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Bilbao, Spain
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Bruinen de Bruin Y, Franco A, Ahrens A, Morris A, Verhagen H, Kephalopoulos S, Dulio V, Slobodnik J, Sijm DTHM, Vermeire T, Ito T, Takaki K, De Mello J, Bessems J, Zare Jeddi M, Tanarro Gozalo C, Pollard K, McCourt J, Fantke P. Enhancing the use of exposure science across EU chemical policies as part of the European Exposure Science Strategy 2020-2030. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2022; 32:513-525. [PMID: 34697409 PMCID: PMC9349036 DOI: 10.1038/s41370-021-00388-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND A scientific framework on exposure science will boost the multiuse of exposure knowledge across EU chemicals-related policies and improve risk assessment, risk management and communication across EU safety, security and sustainability domains. OBJECTIVE To stimulate public and private actors to align and strengthen the cross-policy adoption of exposure assessment data, methods and tools across EU legislation. METHODS By mapping and analysing the EU regulatory landscape making use of exposure information, policy and research challenges and key areas of action are identified and translated into opportunities enhancing policy and scientific efficiency. RESULTS Identified key areas of actions are to develop a common scientific exposure assessment framework, supported by baseline acceptance criteria and a shared knowledge base enhancing exchangeability and acceptability of exposure knowledge within and across EU chemicals-related policies. Furthermore, such framework will improve communication and management across EU chemical safety, security and sustainability policies comprising sourcing, manufacturing and global trade of goods and waste management. In support of building such a common framework and its effective use in policy and industry, exposure science innovation needs to be better embedded along the whole policymaking cycle, and be integrated into companies' safety and sustainability management systems. This will help to systemically improve regulatory risk management practices. SIGNIFICANCE This paper constitutes an important step towards the implementation of the EU Green Deal and its underlying policy strategies, such as the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
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- Yuri Bruinen de Bruin
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Space, Security and Migration, Geel, Belgium.
- European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), Brussels, Belgium.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate on Health, Consumer and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Directorate General Employment, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate on Health, Consumer and Reference Materials, Ispra, Italy
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- INERIS - National Institute for Environment and Industrial Risks, Verneuil en Halatte, France
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- Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- University College Venlo, Campus Venlo, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- RIVM - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France
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- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France
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- Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium
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- RIVM - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Space, Security and Migration, Geel, Belgium
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Zare Jeddi M, Virgolino A, Fantke P, Hopf NB, Galea KS, Remy S, Viegas S, Mustieles V, Fernandez MF, von Goetz N, Vicente JL, Slobodnik J, Rambaud L, Denys S, St-Amand A, Nakayama SF, Santonen T, Barouki R, Pasanen-Kase R, Mol HGJ, Vermeire T, Jones K, Silva MJ, Louro H, van der Voet H, Duca RC, Verhagen H, Canova C, van Klaveren J, Kolossa-Gehring M, Bessems J. A human biomonitoring (HBM) Global Registry Framework: Further advancement of HBM research following the FAIR principles. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2021; 238:113826. [PMID: 34583227 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Data generated by the rapidly evolving human biomonitoring (HBM) programmes are providing invaluable opportunities to support and advance regulatory risk assessment and management of chemicals in occupational and environmental health domains. However, heterogeneity across studies, in terms of design, terminology, biomarker nomenclature, and data formats, limits our capacity to compare and integrate data sets retrospectively (reuse). Registration of HBM studies is common for clinical trials; however, the study designs and resulting data collections cannot be traced easily. We argue that an HBM Global Registry Framework (HBM GRF) could be the solution to several of challenges hampering the (re)use of HBM (meta)data. The aim is to develop a global, host-independent HBM registry framework based on the use of harmonised open-access protocol templates from designing, undertaking of an HBM study to the use and possible reuse of the resulting HBM (meta)data. This framework should apply FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles as a core data management strategy to enable the (re)use of HBM (meta)data to its full potential through the data value chain. Moreover, we believe that implementation of FAIR principles is a fundamental enabler for digital transformation within environmental health. The HBM GRF would encompass internationally harmonised and agreed open access templates for HBM study protocols, structured web-based functionalities to deposit, find, and access harmonised protocols of HBM studies. Registration of HBM studies using the HBM GRF is anticipated to increase FAIRness of the resulting (meta)data. It is also considered that harmonisation of existing data sets could be performed retrospectively. As a consequence, data wrangling activities to make data ready for analysis will be minimised. In addition, this framework would enable the HBM (inter)national community to trace new HBM studies already in the planning phase and their results once finalised. The HBM GRF could also serve as a platform enhancing communication between scientists, risk assessors, and risk managers/policy makers. The planned European Partnership for the Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC) work along these lines, based on the experience obtained in previous joint European initiatives. Therefore, PARC could very well bring a first demonstration of first essential functionalities within the development of the HBM GRF.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maryam Zare Jeddi
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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- Environmental Health Behaviour Lab, Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland
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- IOM - Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
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- VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Health Unit, Mol, Belgium
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- NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1600-560, Lisbon, Portugal; Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), 1169-056, Lisbon, Portugal; H&TRC-Health & Technology Research Center, ESTeSL-Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, 1500-310, Lisboa, Portugal
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- University of Granada, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), Granada, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- University of Granada, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), Granada, Spain; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- EEA - European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, 1050, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- NORMAN Association, Rue Jacques Taffanel - Parc Technologique ALATA, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- SPF - Santé Publique France, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, France
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- SPF - Santé Publique France, Environmental and Occupational Health Division, France
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Japan Environment and Children's Study Programme Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
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- FIOH-Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 40, FI-00032, Työterveyslaitos, Finland
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- Université de Paris, Inserm Unit 1124, 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75006, Paris, France
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- SECO - State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Labour Directorate Section Chemicals and Work (ABCH), Switzerland
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR) - part of Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- HSE - Health and Safety Executive, Harpur Hill, Buxton, SK17 9JN, UK
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- INSA - National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal; TOXOMICS - Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health, NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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- INSA - National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal; TOXOMICS - Centre for Toxicogenomics and Human Health, NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Wageningen University & Research, Biometris, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Unit Environmental Hygiene and Human Biological Monitoring, Department of Health Protection, National Health Laboratory, Dudelange, Luxembourg; Centre Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK; Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Public Health-University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Health Unit, Mol, Belgium
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van Dijk J, Gustavsson M, Dekker SC, van Wezel AP. Towards 'one substance - one assessment': An analysis of EU chemical registration and aquatic risk assessment frameworks. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 280:111692. [PMID: 33293165 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
With the Green Deal the EU aims to achieve a circular economy, restore biodiversity and reduce environmental pollution. As a part of the Green Deal a 'one-substance one-assessment' (OS-OA) approach for chemicals has been proposed. The registration and risk assessment of chemicals on the European market is currently fragmented across different legal frameworks, dependent on the chemical's use. In this review, we analysed the five main European chemical registration frameworks and their risk assessment procedures for the freshwater environment, covering 1) medicines for human use, 2) veterinary medicines, 3) pesticides, 4) biocides and 5) industrial chemicals. Overall, the function of the current frameworks is similar, but important differences exist between the frameworks' environmental protection goals and risk assessment strategies. These differences result in inconsistent assessment outcomes for similar chemicals. Chemicals are also registered under multiple frameworks due to their multiple uses, and chemicals which are not approved under one framework are in some instances allowed on the market under other frameworks. In contrast, an OS-OA will require a uniform hazard assessment between all different frameworks. In addition, we show that across frameworks the industrial chemicals are the least hazardous for the freshwater environment (median PNEC of 2.60E-2 mg/L), whilst biocides are the most toxic following current regulatory assessment schemes (median PNEC of 1.82E-4 mg/L). Finally, in order to facilitate a successful move towards a OS-OA approach we recommend a) harmonisation of environmental protection goals and risk assessment strategies, b) that emission, use and production data should be made publicly available and that data sharing becomes a priority, and c) an alignment of the criteria used to classify problematic substances.
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- Joanke van Dijk
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, CB, Utrecht, 3584, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SE-412 96, Sweden
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, CB, Utrecht, 3584, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, XH Amsterdam, 1098, the Netherlands
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Research on Power Demand Side Information Quality Indicators and Evaluation Based on Grounded Theory Approach. INFORMATION 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/info11100477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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High-quality power demand side information is necessary for scientific decision-making of power grid construction projects. Literature research shows that the current demand side management (DSM) information quality theories and methods need to be improved, and the information quality indicators and evaluation work are essential. In this paper, based on the grounded theory, about 250 copies of relevant literatures and interview records are reviewed. Through open coding, spindle coding, and selective coding, 105 initial concepts are finally extracted to 35 categories and 10 main categories. On this basis, four information dimensions including load extraction, monitoring, management, and government planning are summarized. An index system containing 34 indicators for DSM information quality evaluation on the power demand side is constructed. Finally, using matter-element extension evaluation method, a case study in China is performed to verify the feasibility and scientificity of the indexes. The results show that DSM information quality evaluation indexes are effective, and the evaluation method is also applicable. The establishment of DSM information quality indicators and the evaluation methods in this paper can provide a reference for similar information quality evaluation work in power systems.
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