What is the purpose of Environmental Hazard Statements?

• A. To indicate the product's color
• B. To describe storage requirements
• C. To avoid contaminating the environment
• D. To note the pesticide's registration status

Answer: (C)

Environmental Hazard Statements are there to tell you about the product’s potential harm to the environment and to guide you on how to prevent that harm. They alert you to risks to soil, water, and non-target organisms and give precautions to minimize environmental impact, such as avoiding runoff, preventing spills, and following proper disposal and application practices. Because of this focus, their main purpose is to help you avoid contaminating the environment.

The other ideas aren’t what these statements are about: they don’t indicate color, which is unrelated to environmental risk; storage requirements are covered by separate label sections about handling and storage; and registration status is a different label topic altogether.