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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland. Electronic address: andreas.buser@alumni.ethz.ch.
authors.forename: Andreas M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bogdal
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheringer
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D012833:Siloxanes / Q000032:analysis*; D014866:Waste Products / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012833:Siloxanes; D014866:Waste Products
keywords: Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane; Emissions; Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane; Partitioning; Persistence; Siloxane