Abstract
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) represent a group of synthetic organic chemicals that are priority in environmental risk assessment, due to the fact that they can cause problems to biota and human health even at low concentrations. Among POPs, brominated flame retardants (BFRs), chlorinated organophosphate retardants (Cl-OPFRs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) have been widely used …