To estimate the potential risk for human health derived from ingesting contaminated seafood we have evaluated: the daily intake per meal comparing it with the provisional tolerable daily intake (PTDI) recommended by Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additive online database (JECFA, 2009); the target hazard quotient (THQ) (US-EPA, 1989), in order to evaluate possible alert
regarding adverse effects; the cancer risk for As (within an acceptable lifetime risk – ARL – of 10_5); the number of eligible meals per week in order to minimize chronic systemic effects (US-EPA, 2000).