Feds accuse eBay of illegally peddling poisons, emissions-control defeaters

The U.S. Department of Justice is accusing e-commerce giant eBay of illegally selling tens of thousands of banned and restricted pesticides, and allowing such sales to continue even after it was ordered to stop. In a lawsuit filed last week, prosecutors also claim eBay broke additional federal laws by selling devices used to bypass vehicle emissions controls, and thousands of items containing the deadly solvent methylene chloride, which is linked to increased risk for several types of cancer. “Some of these products cause motor vehicles to emit … massive amounts of air pollution,” the lawsuit ...