Carrier

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004261",
  "term": "Carrier",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The insurance company or the one who agrees to pay the losses. The carrier may be organized as a stock or mutual company, a reciprocal exchange, an association of underwriters, or a state fund.\n\n2. The inert liquid or solid material in a pesticide product that serves as a delivery vehicle for the active ingredient. Carriers do not have toxic properties of their own.\n\n3. Any material or system that can facilitate the movement of a pollutant into the body or cells.\n\n4. A person or animal without apparent disease who harbors a specific infectious agent and is capable of transmitting the agent to others. The carrier state may occur in an individual with an infection that is inapparent throughout its course (known as asymptomatic carrier), or during the incubation period, convalescence, and postconvalescence of an individual with a clinically recognizable disease. The carrier state may be of short or long duration (transient carrier or chronic carrier).",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Insurance and Risk Management Tools Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "CDC 2005"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/carrier/"
}