[The heavy metals, nitrates and nitrites content in the selected vegetables from Lublin area].

: The content of heavy metals (the lead, the cadmium) and nitrates and nitrites have been analyzed in the selected vegetables (lettuce, radish, spinach, chives, sorrel) obtained from the following allotments; the Lublin centre, the city surrounding and also from the marketplace and the supermarket. The tested vegetables did not exceed the acceptable lead and cadmium content norm. Most vegetables from the marketplace had a higher content of the analyzed heavy metals than the vegetables from the unpolluted areas (the allotments Lublin surrounding, the supermarket). The acceptable norm for nitrates was exceeded only in the radish and the chives which came from the allotments in the Lublin centre and also in the supermarket chives. The mean nitrites content in the test vegetables were not significant and were not harmful to people's health.