Interesting - so some of the mysterious seeds arriving in people’s mlbx from China include invasive species and plant viruses. https://t.co/3BmxNm3EGM

— Matt Wahlert, PhD (@mattforohio) September 6, 2020

Amazon is banning foreign sales of plants and seeds to the U.S. after thousands of suspicious packets of seeds arrived at homes around the world https://t.co/x56OcrBcoT

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 5, 2020

Hoping that whatever grows from these mystery seeds can liven up an otherwise pretty dull 2020 https://t.co/N89Gyv035o

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) September 6, 2020

Amazon: On second thought, we're going to ban all of these mystery foreign seed packet sales to the U.S.@JonathanEmont https://t.co/XYisYIDHQf

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) September 6, 2020

I cannot accept that we haven’t solved the seed mystery. Transfer me to the seed beat https://t.co/C3q7nfh4jt

— kate conger (@kateconger) September 6, 2020

2020 "Mystery Seed" storyline update for @ZeirosLion @WeatherFox64 @UrsulaV :https://t.co/3Xljh8ZBfd

tl;dr: Citing the mailings, Amazon's now banning international seed sales to the US - and domestic sales involving non-residents.

Even tho no one ordered the "mystery seeds"

— Chris Sandusky (@CSandusky_TCC) September 6, 2020

Amazonが米国外からの種子販売を全面的に禁止https://t.co/3ps3iTugLT
例の勝手に中国から送りつけらる謎の植物種子のせいだけど、「現在のところミントやバラなど14種類を確認」。
さすがに確認作業をやってるんだ(米農務省の人たちも大変だ)

— ゆきまさかずよし (@Kyukimasa) September 6, 2020

China entirely dominates the drone manufacturing industry. https://t.co/9HnqtTRRyC pic.twitter.com/PwV4RXJJzv

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) September 6, 2020

China leads the world in ecommerce, drone manufacturing & permissive regulation -> https://t.co/ai7KoHuOEg and Alibaba far ahead of Amazon in deploying delivery drones/robots.https://t.co/9HnqtTAgH4 pic.twitter.com/EW0Q7BM1NP

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) September 6, 2020

This is an issue of national security and safety. Do not buy or plant seeds from China.

Law enforcement should help stop bad actors like China from trying to hurt Americans. https://t.co/6iO8x2tHaj

— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) September 6, 2020

アマゾン、外国から米国向けの「植物の種」販売禁止

中国から「謎の種」の入った袋が一方的に送り付けられる例が世界で続出。アマゾンは、外国業者に対し、植物や種子の商品の輸入を許可しないと通知し、規約も更新。米当局は2万件近くの報告を受け、約9千袋を回収。https://t.co/2hbtxTXTyq pic.twitter.com/OKTL9lJz1i

— Tomo (@Tomo20309138) September 6, 2020

“Amazon says it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the US after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packets of seeds in the mail, most from China.” https://t.co/gSKSCPHFlA Jeez, the Chinese lemon attack... pic.twitter.com/8XFAyUzDNd

— Igor Os (@igor_os777) September 7, 2020

The future of drones looks Chinesehttps://t.co/aJYCOi3CGf pic.twitter.com/gm5pQH90hU

— John Thornhill (@johnthornhillft) September 6, 2020