Age Page - Dietary Supplements: More is Not Always Better
Depending on the supplement, your age, and your health, taking more than the recommended 100% DV (daily value) could be harmful to your health. This document provides a general introduction to dietary details...
National Institute on Aging Information Center |
Auto Safety Hotline - U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
The toll-free Auto Safety Hotline is your chance to help identify safety problems in motor vehicles, tires and automotive equipment such as child safety seats, or get safety information. A Spanish-spe details...
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation |
Buying Medicine - Help Protect Yourself Against Tampering
U.S. nonprescription, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are among the most safely packaged consumer products in the world. Most by law are
sealed in tamper evident packaging for your protection. But m details...
Federal Citizen Information Center, U.S. General Services Administration |
Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online
Useful, easy-to-understand information about buying prescription drugs and medical products online. This Web site includes information on how to protect yourself from dangerous online practices involv details...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Buying Prescription Medicines Online: A Consumer Safety Guide
The Internet is rapidly changing the way we live, including how we work and shop. The growth of the Internet in recent years has enabled many consumers to purchase medicines online. There are online p details...
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning with Camping Equipment
Each year there are about 30 deaths and 450 injuries because of carbon monoxide poisoning from the use of portable camping heaters, lanterns, or stoves inside tents, campers, and vehicles. Follow thes details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Consumer Product Safety Commission Kids Page
This kids' page features brainteasers and tips on home safety, product safety, and bicycle safety. details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Consumer Product Safety Commission Publications
CPSC, an independent Federal regulatory agency, helps keep American families safe in their homes by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products. This site contains frequently updated details...
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission |
Dietary Supplements: Adverse Event Reporting
Consumers are instructed how to call or write the FDA to report an adverse event or illness they believe to be related to the use of a dietary supplement. details...
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Enforcement Report Index - FDA
This internet index links to enforcement reports by release dates from 1990 to the present. details...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |