, claiming the online marketplace unlawfully sold and distributed hundreds of thousands of products such as pesticides and motor vehicle emission-evading devices that violate
It also alleges the company unlawfully distributed or sold at least 23,000 pesticides that were unregistered, misbranded or for restricted use. The Justice Department said that the pesticides include a high toxicity insecticide banned in the United States, a restricted use pesticide that only certified applicators may apply and a product falsely claiming to protect users against the virus that causes COVID-19.
EBay called the government’s actions “entirely unprecedented,” and said that it planned to vigorously defend itself. EBay said that it’s blocking and removing more than 99.9% of the listings for the products cited by the Justice Department, including millions of listings each year.The Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, filed the complaint against EBay in federal court in Brooklyn.
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