Comment on "Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments"

Andreas M Buser; Christian Bogdal; Martin Scheringer

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.037

Comment on "Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments"

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Comment on "Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments". / Buser, Andreas M; Bogdal, Christian; Scheringer, Martin.
In: The Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 505, 01.02.2015, p. 1225-1227.

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title = "Comment on {"}Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments{"}",

abstract = "The review article {"}Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: Release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments{"} by Surita and Tansel covers a relevant topic, but there are several serious issues with this paper. The inappropriate handling of data gathered from various sources has resulted in a flawed dataset. In addition, the authors performed several erroneous or meaningless calculations with the data. Their dataset leads to incorrect and misleading interpretations and should not be used.",

keywords = "Ecosystems Research, Chemistry",

author = "Buser, {Andreas M} and Christian Bogdal and Martin Scheringer",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier B.V.",

year = "2015",

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doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.037",

language = "English",

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