This web site is provided by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., and the BBB system of over 150 Bureaus located throughout the United States and Canada. The popular Consumer Information Catalog, from which booklets from more than 40 federal departments and agencies can be ordered, is now online for free, along with other resources. While the most recent edition of the catalog is on the main page, links to available information from previous catalogs also can be found on the specific subject pages. CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. This site provides publications, press releases, recalls, and links to consumer information from other agencies.
Users can report online an unsafe product or an injury or death involving a consumer product.
Consumer World Consumer World has gathered over 1500 of the most useful consumer resources on the Internet. The Environmental Protection Agency provides information on pesticides, indoor air quality, and radon. This site, which focuses primarily on telemarketing and online fraud, is sponsored by the National Consumers League, the oldest nonprofit consumer organization in the United States. News updates are posted at least weekly, and complaints can be reported online. Submitting complaints here is a more drastic step than complaining to the Better Business Bureau.