Fake Covid-19 Products Sold on Facebook, Other Sites, EPA Says (1)

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday warned Facebook and other e-commerce platforms that they were being used to sell disinfectants that fraudulently claim to fight the coronavirus.

Facebook Inc., eBay Inc., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Shopify Inc., Qoo10, JoyBuy.com, Wish.com and banggood.com should “take action against these dishonest dealers and immediately take these illegal products off of their sites,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a news release.

Facebook and several of the companies could not be immediately reached for comment.

But Shopify had yet to receive any communications from the EPA, said Sheryl So, the ...