Lead was found to be present in all the samples analyzed in appreciable amounts. The overall variation ranged from 0.06 to 0.64 lg/g. The highest value was recorded from two samples, one from HP (Joginder nagar) another from Utt (Bageshwar). Samples from Sunder nagar and Bilaspur also showed high value of lead (0.56 lg/g). The variation in lead in samples from HP and Utt ranged from 0.14–0.64 lg/g and 0.06–0.60 lg/g, respectively. The
average values of lead from HP and Utt were found to be 0.34 lg/g and 0.30 lg/g, respectively, as against 0.32 lg/g (overall average).