Apology letter 
 
Chicgoua Noubactep 
Angewandte Geologie, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, D - 37077 Göttingen, Germany. 
Kultur und Nachhaltige Entwicklung CDD e.V., Postfach 1502, D - 37005 Göttingen, Germany. 
e-mail: cnoubac@gwdg.de; Tel. +49 551 39 3191, Fax. +49 551 399379 
 
 
Dear Editor, 
I would like to sincerely apologize for a Letter to the Editor entitled “Comment on JHM 175 
(2010) 680-687 "Reductive dechlorination of γ-hexachloro-cyclohexane using Fe-Pd 
bimetallic nanoparticles” that I submitted and was published in volume 177 of The Journal of 
Hazardous Materials (available online 15 January 2010). This letter contained unfounded 
accusations against V. Nagpal, A.D. Bokare, R.C. Chikate, C.V. Rode and K.M. Paknikar. 
The false claims should never have been submitted. In addition, I apologize to The Journal of 
Hazardous Materials for my lapse in judgment and I regret having made the claims in the 
letter. 
Sincerely, 
 
Chicgoua Noubactep