Hidden poisons in ecommerce sites


Don’t be fooled: A packet of what appears to be pet kibble is actually pesticide that is sold online.

PETALING JAYA: Pesticides disguised as cakes, sweets and pet kibble are being sold widely on ecommerce platforms, raising concerns of the grave risks they pose if they end up in the wrong hands, especially children or those with sinister motives.

Checks on two popular ecommerce platforms revealed the sale of dozens of pesticides that were mostly advertised as rat poison.

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Pesticides , Herbicides , Ecommerce , Poisons

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