Consumer Education
Consumer Protections Agency Search
Name_________________________
1. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
a. Go to www.epa.gov
b. Click on About EPA
c. Find the mission statement of the EPA towards the right of the screen, click on
learn more about our mission
After reading the bullet points about the mission of the EPA, briefly describe the role that the
EPA plays in our country:
2. Better Business Bureau
a. Go to www.bbb.org/us/
b. Enter your city and hit enter
c. Hover over the “get to know us” section and then click “about” and read the
about section. Then click the “mission & vision” section and read the material
After reading the vision and mission sections of the page, briefly describe what role the BBB
plays in our economy:
3. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
a. Go to www.cpsc.gov
b. Click on the About CPSC tab towards the right of the page
After reading the overview, describe what the main mission of the CPSC is:
Click on the Recalls tab at the top. Select a recently recalled product and explain why it was
recalled:
4. Food and Drug Administration
a. Go to www.fda.gov
b. On the bottom right part of the screen, under about FDA, click on FDA Basics
c. On the left, click on FDA Fundamentals
What is the FDA responsible for?
d. Scroll down to the FDA Overview section, click on What Does FDA Regulate
List the items that are regulated by the FDA (list the major categories):
5. Consumers Union
a. Go to www.consumersunion.org
b. On the top left, click on “About Us”
What do they do for consumers?
On the left, click on “Mission” and read the information. Explain what “Consumer Reports” is.
6. Securities and Exchange Commission
a. Go to www.sec.gov
b. Under the About section, click What We Do
What industry/part of our economy is the SEC responsible for monitoring and regulating?
7. Federal Trade Commission
a. Go to www.ftc.gov
b. Under about the FTC tab, click What We Do
How does the FTC protect consumers?
How does the FTC promote competition?
8. Federal Communications Commission
a. Go to www.fcc.gov
b. Under the “our work” section click on “what we do”
What does the FCC regulate?
9. United States Department of Agriculture
a. Go to www.usda.gov
b. Near the top right click on “about USDA”
What does the USDA do?
On the left click on “Mission Areas” under food safety, what type of food do they ensure is safe?
10. Underwriters Laboratories
a. Go to www.investopedia.com
b. Near the top right click in the search box and type “Underwriters Laboratories” and
then click the link the first link that says UL Definition
What is the UL?