ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to investigate: i) the presence of As in raw milk and dairy products from Argentina; ii) the As daily intake for different consumers separated in age range and iii) the risk assessment trough milk consumption due to long term ingestion of inorganic As. The mean As concentration in raw milk was below than 20 ng/g (LMR, Decree No. 14, 2013), but in skimmed powdered milk and infant formula the mean exceed this LMR. Taking into account the ADDI obtained, and according to the reference value by oral exposure of 0.3 µg/kg*day (IRI, USEPA-2016), the infant group is the most exposed to As intake, followed by the children. Despite this, the risk of toxicity and target risk (TR) did not exceed the threshold values.
