This research was funded by national funds from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the PAHMIX project - Mixtures of Environmental Carcinogens: a molecular approach to improve environmental risk assessment strategies (PTDC/CTA- AMB /29,173/2017). Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent persistent environmental pollutants ubiquitous...