FHERITALE - List of technology needs related to Micro and Nanoplastic research

The current dataset was submitted as part of Milestone 7 of the FHERITALE project. The FHERITALE (Food, Health and Environment Research Infrastructures to Tackle Emerging Priorities) project (2024–2026) is an EU-funded initiative tackling the impact of synthetic materials on health, food, and the environment. This work aims to identify and structure technological needs and gaps from recent scientific literature and reports concerning Micro and Nanoplastics (MNPs) within the context of food, health, and the environment. The dataset is a living document and will be updated throughout the course of the project. To gather the technology needs for MNP research, scientific publications from a systematic literature review [Murgioni E., et al.], reports from EU-funded projects, publications from the European Commission (EC), reports and documents from the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Environment Agency (EEA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and standards from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) were reviewed using AI-supported extraction tools (ChatGPT v4 [https://chatgpt.com/] and SciSpace [https://scispace.com/]), followed by a manual review of the results. Technological needs were subsequently categorised into thematic groups based on content and relevance. The dataset is structured with the following fields: Origin: reference to origin of the document (project, institution or paper) Title: Title of the document: Reference: DOI or other relevant identifier Category: the need is assigned to one of the following categories Analytical Methods & Detection Technologies Standardization & Reference Materials Data & Digital Tools Exposure, Monitoring & Fate Ecotoxicology & Environment Human Health & Toxicology Regulation, Policy & Risk Assessment Circular Economy, Sustainability & Safe-by-Design Need: Technological Need identified Domain: the need is assigned to one of the following domains within the scope of the FHERTITALE project: Food, Health, Environment or Cross-domain