Links to Free Consumer Information about Health, Safety and Protection

This page provides links to sites that have helpful consumer information primarily about health, safety and protection.  Topics include health, finance, reducing junk mail, credit card fraud, product safety, avoiding internet hoaxes and viruses. All of these sites listed here have the main purpose of providing information to the public.  Further details on how sites are picked, or in sending me suggestions, please see bottom of page.

For usual disclaimers, privacy notes, see bottom.

General Consumer Information  various government web sites for consumers, better business bureau, etc.

Cooperative Extensions  these sites have information on a wide variety of topics, such as health, finance, nutrition, gardening, development.  This page also links to some public libraries that have links to sites of general public interest.

Internet and web info

About the web.    How to evaluate web sites, info about search engines, trust on the web

Fraud, identity theft    organizations and sites with free info, credit agencies (e.g., experian) sites about fraud.

Computer security, Viruses, Hoaxes and spyware,   information about hoaxes, real viruses, how to improve your on line security.  Don't pass on virus warnings until you check one of these hoax sites!  Also a couple of anti spam sites and info about anonymous web surfing.  Also help fixing your computer.


Other info

Saving energy   household energy efficiency, etc

Free software  browsers, office suites, etc.

Charities   the hungersite, and also how to find information about charities.  Also info about volunteering.

Health   govt, AMA, medical and health info sites, how to handle disputes with health plans, report cards of HMOs, etc.

Children  child and child product safety.

Transportation, Traffic and Auto safety, other car info  like it says.

REDUCE JUNK MAIL!    how to reduce credit card offers, marketing mailings and phone calls.

Buying products  ratings of companies  buying guides, sites on how to get responses from companies.

Finance   guides to finance, how to invest, small business resources, etc.

Associations with consumer information, eg service sector organizations, manufacturers associations, etc.  Various topics, air duct cleaners, toy manufacturers, etc.

Law   information about laws, legal resources, info from legal groups, attorneys general, etc.

News media   web sites about evaluating stories from the newspapers, tv, radio, or sites discussing "accuracy" of the news.

Disaster planning   Some info about disaster planning, families, individuals, govt information, etc.

Educational resources.  Hmm, not exactly consumer information, but should be useful to everyone anyway.

Interesting    These have nothing to do with consumer protection, but are interesting anyway, or I couldn't fit into any of the above categories. 
 

Obama and the (lack of) truth.

Not free info but products that use  solar or wind up power,  not batteries. Better for the environment, right?

 

Click here to see how I picked the sites. And by the way, This site is in progress! I'm working on it.

Send me email at, well,  pub information (all one word) at aol, you know, dot com.  If you want to send a suggestion for a site, please include information about what the site is about, who sponsors it, any reviews of it.  Also see my "how I picked the sites."  Please make sure your site fits the criteria, and the description sent to me includes how the site fits the criteria.

Last modified, Feb, 2009.
 

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