
COVID-19 Consumer Tips
How do you avoid phishing and other online scams? Can you get a refund for travel expenses? How do you protect your credit? U.S. PIRG Education Fund has assembled a set of consumer tips and guides, and will add more in the days to come.



If you’re one of the 3.6 million homeowners in forbearance and entered a program in March when Congress passed a law protecting homeowners, your initial six-month forbearance will end in a few weeks. Two months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered that toxic hand sanitizers were being sold to consumers, the problem is taking troubling new turns. Whether you operate a business, a church, a school or another building, you’re probably thinking about ways to disinfect your space to protect people from COVID-19. After the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) flagged five brands of potentially dangerous hand sanitizer last month, the list of potentially contaminated products has skyrocketed.
Is your mortgage forbearance ending?
Looking out for hand sanitizers not strong enough to kill COVID-19
Disinfecting your home or building safely during COVID-19
Protecting yourself from toxic hand sanitizers
