Amazon.com sells thousands of products deemed unsafe

Amazon.com home page, August 26, 2019.

Amazon.com home page, August 26, 2019. Credit: Amazon.com.

A Wall Street Journal investigation found that more than 4,000 products on Amazon were missing safety labels, not up to safety standards, or were banned outright -- but still for sale. Apparently Amazon does not have a rigorous process for vetting the safety of its products. 

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Host:

Madeleine Brand

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Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Rosalie Atkinson, Rebecca Mooney