“…Less than 5% was found in filtrates (X6, ≤ 0.22 m) (HC1-2, HC2-2, HC3-2 vs. HC1-3, HC2-3, HC3-3, as shown in Figure 2 [28,29], which suggested that BDE-209, BDE-15 and anthracene in filtrates were mostly adsorbed on soil colloids (X5, 0.22-1 m). Therefore, these HA-complexed soil colloids (X5, 0.22-1 m) may have substantial effects on the hydrophobic partition of BDE-209, BDE-15 and anthracene due to the increasing hydrophobic surface area and the total organic carbon offered by HA as well as their high values of logK OC (logK OC BDE-209 >10, logK OC BDE-15 > 5, and log K OC anthracene > 4) [28,[30][31][32][33].…”