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August 24, 2019 10:21 AM   Subscribe

A Wall Street Journal investigation found 4,152 items for sale on Amazon.com Inc.’s site that have been declared unsafe by federal agencies, are deceptively labeled or are banned by federal regulators—items that big-box retailers’ policies would bar from their shelves. Among those items, at least 2,000 listings for toys and medications lacked warnings about health risks to children. Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products [WSJ]
posted by chavenet (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Looks like WSJ paywall makes the article inaccessible -- LobsterMitten



 
Since the article is behind the WSJ paywall, most of us can't read it. Does the article mention the distinction between products sold by Amazon and those sold by others through the Amazon site?
posted by megatherium at 10:27 AM on August 24, 2019 [1 favorite]


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