In response to the salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration has created a searchable list of products that have been recalled.
You can browse recalls by product category or company, or use a search function. The entire list can be downloaded as a PDF or a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
To go to the site, just click on the FDA icon.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has created a timeline of the current financial crisis.
Links to press releases, SEC filings, Congressional testimony, etc., are provided within each timeline entry. Also, there is a PDF version of the timeline that you can download and print off.
As we say farewell to 2008, let's celebrate the year with a boatload of top 10 lists from Time Magazine!
There are 50 top 10 lists in The Top 10 Everything of 2008, which include such topics as:
I particularly liked this entry in the Top 10 T-shirt worthy slogans category.
The Federal Trade Commission has created an excellent new Website called Who Cares: Sources of Information About Health Care Products and Services.
This site provides information on:
A PDF version of the site is also available, making it easy to take the information to your doctor.
'Tis the season to buy toys. If you have concerns about the safety of the toys you buy and the use of chemicals in them, then check out Healthytoys.org.
You can browse by toy brand or type. There are also lists of the best and worst toys.
The National Resource Directory is a Website maintained by the Departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs that provides information--both medical and non-medical--to help wounded/injured/ill service members and their families.
Information comes from a range of organizations, including all levels of the government, academic institutions, non-profit and faith-based organizations, etc.
Social networking sites are all the rage, from Webkinz and Club Penguin for small children, to Facebook and MySpace. Many parents have concerns about these Websites.
The library has prepared a guide to safe participation in social networking sites. The guide includes instruction on how to check your personal computer to make sure your kids are sticking to safe sites. To get the guide, click on the computer.
In this article from Government Computer News, we learn that email spam attacks are attempting to lure people based on their interest in President-elect Obama's victory or the current economic crisis.
I personally received one of the Obama emails within a day or two after election day.
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a site that teaches kids to be smart consumers.
The site, You Are Here places kids in an mall environment. In this interactive site, kids can learn about advertising: evaluating ads for reliable claims, and creating an ad for a shoe store.
Lala.com is a music site that has been around for awhile, but it has changed its model. Here is what it offers:
