An EPA Pesticide Enforcement Officer displays one of the banned pesticides that Amazon was selling online. — Seattle Times/TNS
Amazon has agreed to pay US$2.5mil (RM10.52mil) to settle a lawsuit brought by the Washington state Attorney General’s Office claiming the company allowed industrial-grade pesticides to be sold illegally through its online marketplace.
The pesticides at issue were highly regulated and, in some cases, not available for sale to the general public. Under state law, sellers must hold licenses to sell them and record information about the buyers at the time of sale. For the most dangerous pesticides, the buyer must also be licensed as a pesticide applicator.
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