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Tuna Calculator
How much tuna can you eat safely?
EWG tells you what the FDA won't.
This site uses the FDA's own scientific guidelines for what constitutes a safe dose of mercury to calculate the maximum amount of tuna you can safely eat each week and not exceed what the FDA considers a safe exposure level. As you'll see, the results don't jibe with the seafood consumption advisory the agency is proposing.
If followed, the FDA's proposed advice to consumers — to eat 12 ounces of a variety of fish per week — could result in more women getting unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies than currently do — assuming they have no other exposure to mercury than from tuna.
Enter your weight into the mercury calculator: