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- Highway Safety
- Household Hints
- Household Hints
- Product Information
- Safety
Lists
- Consumer Information
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Money (U.S. Consumer Information Center))
Provides a long list of articles to assist the the individual in planning and avoiding dangers related to money.
- National Institute for Consumer Education
- Privacy Online - Resources (Truste)
Provides resources to help consumers protect their privacy online. 9-01
Papers
- BBB Offers Advice For Safe Shopping On The Net (applesforhealth)
Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that, unless consumers learn how to identify reliable businesses online, they can open themselves up to the very same scams that are common with "offline" shopping. 11-26-99.
- Consumer Education for Teens (Washington Attorney General's Office)
Provides teens with information about issues that are important, such as credit cards, telemarketers, tatooing, scholarship scams, modeling agencies, health clubs, return policies, apartment renting, email scams, car repairing, and more. 1-00
- Consumer Information and Feedback (Planetfeedback.com)
Provides information on consumer services and products. Also allows an opportunity to comment about controversies. 10-00
- Consumer Law Issues
- Consumer Product Evaluations (Consumer Reports)
Provides free articles for a limited number of products and services. 6-00
- Consumer Product Guides (Mercata)
Provides guides for the purchase of key household items. 7-00
- Consumer Purchases Online - Vendors Rated (Bizrate.com)
Provides ratings for businesses that provide online sales. 6-00
- Consumer Satisfaction (Consumer Affairs)
Posts compliments and complaints on services of vendors and retail outlets.
- Safety for Consumers
- Swiming Safety (ABC - 2020 News)
Provides safety recommendations (at the bottom of the page). Also provides the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that young children not be taught to swim. The news story shows that the AAP recommendation was not based on facts or research results, but rather was an attempt to prevent parents from thinking that their young children are safe if they are taught. The news story also provides evidence that teaching young children to float without the use of floatation devices is highly desirable and may save your child's life, despite the AAP recommendation. 8-00
Projects
- Video Games and Your Kids (National Institute on Media and the Family)
Provides activities parents can engage in with their children to help their children become more informed, and safer, consumers.
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