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What's inside

• The five-framework patchwork laid out in one page — what each agency enforces, and how their limits interact (federal does not preempt Prop 65).
• CPSIA lead and phthalate limits with the full 8-phthalate table — and an explicit note about the two phthalates that were removed from the interim restriction in 2017 and are not currently CPSIA-restricted.
• ASTM F963-23 — the 8 heavy metal soluble migration limits with the actual ppm thresholds and where each element typically shows up in toys.
• FDA's January 2025 final lead action levels for processed baby food — the full category table, plus what's coming next on cadmium, arsenic, and mercury.
• California Prop 65 — what marketplace operators inherit, the most common chemicals that trigger baby-product warnings, and the 2025 short-form warning amendments (compliance Jan 1, 2028).
• The life-stage exposure framework — why "safe for adults" reference doses don't apply, and how to encode the difference into a screening service.
• Three approaches to programmatic screening — build, license, or use a cross-agency consensus API. Honest tradeoff analysis for the baby-product vertical specifically.
• Product-category cheat sheet — bottles, pacifiers, toys, jewelry, sleep gear, wipes, clothing, baby food → what to test for in each.
• Pre-flight compliance checklist — for brands placing product on the US market, and for marketplaces approving third-party listings.
• Resources + every primary regulation cited — verifiable against the eCFR, the Federal Register, OEHHA, and FDA without a second source.