CONSUMER INFORMATION
When you buy something, you can expect that it will be safe, the company will honor the warranty and that you will receive the service for which you paid. If that's not the case, you can take steps to find out what the remedies are in your state as well as find out what products have been recalled and what your options are there.
This page is being updated constantly. If you find that your state/country's consumer affairs website isn't listed, please let us know and we will try to access it and add it to this listing.
Consumer information is also in the form of current issues that can affect you as a consumer of government, industry and many other aspects of your daily life. With that thought in mind, we are including links to PBS' Bill Moyers' Journal with the topics outlined for each link. We hope you find this useful.
Bill Moyers' Journal (home page)
where the links are videos
Wendell Potter on US healthcare and how it can be changed
Money and the News
Our Daily Meds (author interview)
Our Media and Consolidation
Hunger in America
The Role of Lobbyists in America
Healthcare Reform: Donna Smith (nurses)
The Story of Stuff: Dr. Daniel Goleman
Twitter
Big Corporate Media
CONSUMER MED SAFETY
FDA LABELING CHANGES FOR: PRISTIQ
COUNTERFEIT DRUGS (NY Times article)
Patient Privacy Rights
National Library of Medicine Med Information
RECALLED PRODUCTS/TOYS
ALABAMA
ALASKA
AVIATION CONSUMER PROTECTION
CALIFORNIA
CONNECTICUT
CONSUMER ACTION WEBSITE (provides state listings)
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IOWA
LOUISIANA
MASSASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
NEVADA
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK CITY
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UNITED STATES CONSUMER AFFAIRS PAGE
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WYOMING
FOREIGN SITES
AUSTRALIA
CANADIAN CONSUMER HANDBOOK
EUROPE
INDIA
IRELAND CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATION
JAPAN
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA