Comment on 'Unlike PAHs from Exxon Valdez Crude Oil. PAHs from Gulf of Alaska Coals are not Readily Bioavailable'

摘要

Deepthike et al. (1), inappropriately and without technical foundation, extrapolate the results of a laboratory study to the environment of Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS). Because of flaws in the selection of test materials and the incomplete inclusion of published literature on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PWS, the results have no environmental relevance. The title and the authors' conclusions imply new information about the bioavailability of EVOS PAHs in PWS compared to the bioavailability of PAH from sources in the eastern Gulf of Alaska (GOA).