In February, Amazon agreed to pay $1.2 million in administrative penalties to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to settle a case involving online sales, and the distribution of, imported pesticides not registered for sale in the United States. The landmark settlement involved nearly 4,000 alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act […]
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