Lead concentration in road side dust and selected vegetables of Lahore city, Pakistan

The contents of lead as a pollutant in road side dust and vegetable samples of urban and rural areas of Lahore city, Pakistan, were monitored with the help of atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Average concentration of lead in dust samples collected from residential areas was 25 to 165 mgiL, from rural areas 9.5 to 13.0 mg/kg, from commercial areas 201 to 1685 mg/kg, and from canal side 105 to 220 mg/kg. In most oft he vegetable samples lead level was in the permissible range, whereas in some Samples the average lead concentration range form 0.13 to 5.0 mg/L. (author)