“…Conversely, more studies focused on other POPs [ 29 , 46 , 47 , 48 ]. However, these studies were very heterogeneous regarding the analyzed matrices (liver, muscle, blood, or fat tissue), the classes of investigated contaminants (from organochlorine pesticides to PCBs or PBDEs), and the expression of results (wet weight, lipid weight, or WHO-TEQ) [ 49 ]. Moreover, since little is known about the levels of contaminants in sea turtles, sometimes different congeners from the same group of POPs were examined, and biometric characteristics, sex, and sexual maturity were not always specified, as well as the evaluation of the nutritional status.…”