ETX 10 Quiz: Enviormental Fate – where do chemicals go

• School: UC-Davis
• Department: Environmental Toxicology
• Course: ETX 10
• Professor: Tjeerdema Ronald

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Some important definitions toxicant a chemical that causes an adverse effect at a dose or concentration of interest contaminant a chemical present at an abnormal concentration pollutant a toxic contaminant chemistry the study of chemical phenomenon ( properties, reactions , etc) environmental chemistry the study of chemical phenomena in the environment environmental fate study of the sources, processes, reactions and targets of chemical in the environment source point of origin of a chemical target the organism (s) impacted by a chemical sink a long term pepository for a chemical.