Antiquated and inefficient data-sharing practices represent one of the key obstacles to advancing sustainability goals through green chemistry. To this end, we need to robustly link data on chemical impacts with new chemical design strategies, which requires the development of next-generation data-sharing platforms to harmonize both data and efforts. These decentralized and interactive programs should be structured as live ecosystems for data generation and exchange, inviting conversations about the reliability and relevance of information used to make decisions regarding chemical performance and safety.

Department of Chemistry The George Washington University Washington DC USA

Department of Environmental Science Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research Institute of Biomedical Studies Baylor University Waco TX USA

DOT Consulting LLC Alexandria VA USA

Redshift Technologies Inc New York NY USA

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses Zátiší 728 2 CZ 389 25 Vodňany Czech Republic

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