Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. are among the online vendors in the sights of the European Union’s chemical safety inspectors.
The European Chemicals Agency said Monday inspectors across the bloc had started checks on chemical products sold online for compliance with the EU’s REACH and other chemicals laws.
Checks would continue through 2020 and would cover all types of online vendors, including websites aimed at consumers and specialist users of chemicals, and platforms including Amazon and eBay, the agency said.
Inspection authorities in EU countries would check if online purchasers are sufficiently informed about chemical hazards, and would also check ...
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