Reply to the ‘Comment on “Why there is no evidence that pyridine killed the English crabs”’ by A. Peters, Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2025, 4, DOI: 10.1039/D4VA00420E

Alex T. Ford; Mark F. Fitzsimons; Crispin Halsall

doi:10.1039/D5VA00302D

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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Why there is no evidence that pyridine killed the English crabs”’ by A. Peters, Environ. Sci.: Adv., 2025, 4, DOI: 10.1039/D4VA00420E

Alex T. Ford,

*^a Mark F. Fitzsimons^b and Crispin Halsall^c

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^a Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth, UK
E-mail: alex.ford@port.ac.uk

^b Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, UK

^c Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK

Abstract

We highlight that the commentary by Peters which uses a CREED/CRED risk assessment framework supports the previous government reports that rejected the pyridine hypothesis and considers the previous evidence as unreliable. This reaffirms our conclusions that pyridine didn't kill the Teesside crabs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5VA00302D
Article type: Comment
Submitted: 01 Sep 2025
Accepted: 19 Sep 2025
First published: 29 Oct 2025
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