30% of online purchases are mailed in breach of dangerous goods rules

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The shipping of as much as 30% of goods sold on online retail and auction platforms such as eBay breaches national and international transport regulations because of a failure by retailers and shippers to accurately declare contents as dangerous goods or prohibited items under air freight, postal or other safety rules, according to experts in the field.

Specialists in the carriage of dangerous goods by air say the options now available for the public to buy goods online have created a ...