In the wake of September 11, the FTC has sent warnings to dozens of Web sites, ordering them to stop making unsubstantiated claims that their products would protect consumers from bioterrorism. Peddling such items as gas masks, mail sterilizers, protective suits, biohazard test kits, and a device called the “deGERMinator,” which supposedly kills anthrax with ultraviolet light, the sites were told that they could be shut down, fined, or forced to reimburse their customers.

Internet Assignment What action has been taken since then by the FTC? Has the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) done anything to aid consumers?