Reply to the Letter to the Editor by Carol Stewart, David E Damby, Ines Tomašek and Claire J Horwell "Experimental design and data relevance in a volcanic ash-leachate health study re. Barone et al. (2021) 'Surface reactivity of Etna volcanic ash and evaluation of health risks' (STOTEN-143248)"
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Feb 1;806(Pt 2):150077.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150077.
Epub 2021 Sep 22.
1 University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy.
2 University of Cagliari, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, Universitary Campus, 09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy.
3 Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, C/ Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
4 Shell Italia Exploration & Production, Rome, Italy.
5 University of Catania, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", Via S. Sofia, 87, 95123 Catania, Italy.
6 University of Catania, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy. Electronic address: pmazzol@unict.it.