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February 15, 2018Amazon to pay $1.2 million in settlement over pesticide sales, U.S. says
February 15, 2018This post was originally published on this site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc will pay a roughly $1.2 million penalty to settle nearly 4,000 alleged violations of U.S. law in a move aimed at preventing harmful exposure to pesticides through illegal sales, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.
In a statement, the EPA said Amazon agreed to closely monitor and remove illegal pesticides from its website in an effort to “significantly reduce the number of illegal pesticides available through the online marketplace.”
Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Susan Thomas
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