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Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Advancing the Science and Technology of Environmental Sensors through Cooperation and Collaboration across U.S. Federal Agencies
Citation:
Hulla, J., Vasu Kilaru, G. Doucette, D. Balshaw, AND Tim Watkins. Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Advancing the Science and Technology of Environmental Sensors through Cooperation and Collaboration across U.S. Federal Agencies. Chemosensors. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 8(3):69, (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors8030069
Impact/Purpose:
This manuscript delineates the progress made in collaborative and cooperative partnerships across the federal government on advancing exposure science pursuant to the 2012 National Academy of Sciences report. The manuscript cites numerous examples of work accomplished under the cross federal partnerships, especially in the areas of environmental sensing. Although the ES21 group is formally defunct, we hope to continue these types of collaboration informally.
Description:
The convergence of technological innovations in areas such as microelectronics, fabrication, the internet-of-things (IoT), and smartphones, along with their associated “apps”, permeates many aspects of life. To that list we now can add environmental monitoring. Once the sole purview of governments and academics in research, this sector is currently experiencing a transformation that is democratizing monitoring with inexpensive, portable commodities available through online retailers. However, as with any emerging area, a number of challenges and infrastructural hurdles must be addressed before this technology can be fully adopted and its potential be realized. A unique aspect of environmental sensing that differentiates it from some other technology sectors is its strong intersection and overlap with governance, public policy, public health, and national security- all of which contain some element of inherent governmental function. This paper advocates for and addresses the role of sensors in exposure science and illustrates areas in which improved coordination and leveraging of investments by government have helped and would catalyze further development of this technology sector.
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DOI: Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Advancing the Science and Technology of Environmental Sensors through Cooperation and Collaboration across U.S. Federal Agencies