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Toxicology, exposure routes, dose-response, and vulnerable-population context for heavy metals in food.

Overview

Health pages address the toxicology, routes of exposure, dose-response relationships, and vulnerable-population considerations for the metals in scope. Content is drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology, regulatory scientific opinions (such as European Food Safety Authority panels), and authoritative reviews. Pages are written to be usable by regulatory and scientific readers; consumer-facing explanations are tagged in-page and are anchored to specific populations, doses, and consumption frequencies rather than undefined qualifiers.

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The five most recent substantive edits to this page, classified major (evidence or structure moved), correction (a published value or statement was wrong and has been fixed), or minor (narrative rewritten without changing the underlying evidence). Each description is derived from what the edit did to this page; the linked commit is the authoritative record, routine regeneration passes are excluded, and the full version history lives in git. When DOI minting comes online (see schema docs), each entry below will also link to a version-pinned DataCite DOI.

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a8052bb2026-08-09major2 sections added; narrative text revised

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  • Cat 2 (Children Personal Care) non-ingestion exposure pathways

    Overview The HMTc certification program covers Category 2 (Children Personal Care): toothpaste, lipstick and other lip products, baby talcum powder, baby lotion/oil, sunscreen, shampoo and other rinse-off products, wet wipes, disposable diapers, and children’s makeup.

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