“…The interactions between humic substances [humic acids, fulvic acids, humins, and dissolved organic matter (DOM)] and hydrophobic organic compounds have been studied by several groups. Cholesterol (1), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9), phthalate esters (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), alkanes (11)(12)(13)15), fatty acids (11,13), polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (5,12,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19), mirex (20-22), chloranil (23,24), DDT (3,8,9,14,(25)(26)(27)(28), and other pesticides (9,14,(29)(30)(31) bind to humic substances. Binding interactions affect bioavailability (5,16,18,(32)(33)…”