Fate

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010695",
  "term": "Fate",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Disposition of a material in various environmental compartments (e.g. soil or sediment, water, 5 air, biota) as a result of transport, transformation, and degradation.\n\n2. Pattern of distribution of an agent, its derivatives, or metabolites in an organism, system, compartment, or population of concern as a result of transport, partitioning, transformation, or degradation.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Exposure Factors Handbook: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fate/"
}