americans may be doubtful about the safety of certain products that they used in their everyday lives. but in this new year, the feds are planning to beef up consumer protection in a big way. so what do you need to know? here to tell us is patricia powell, founder and ceo of the powell financial group. happy new year. are we going to be safer safer s new year? i don t know, but we re sure going to be regulated a lot more. there will be a lot going on, lot of hoopla coming in. do you want me to start rick: let s start with the testing for lead. i love this one. come february, many of the products that are made for children will be tested for lead. i think this is one of the very best things in all of the legislation because there is no way a parent could know when they re buying a toy whether there is any lead content in it. it s been outrageous what s been going on. this is one of those good areas of regulation. rick: a lot of the toys that we parents buy our kids were made s