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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
— Chris Sandusky (@CSandusky_TCC) September 6, 2020
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"
Amazonが米国外からの種子販売を全面的に禁止https://t.co/3ps3iTugLT
— ゆきまさかずよし (@Kyukimasa) September 6, 2020
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)
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.
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) September 6, 2020
Law enforcement should help stop bad actors like China from trying to hurt Americans. https://t.co/6iO8x2tHaj
アマゾン、外国から米国向けの「植物の種」販売禁止
— Tomo (@Tomo20309138) September 6, 2020
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
“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