The rate of heavy metal pollution of some minor fruit samples growing at the roadsides in Turkey were
determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). Pb, Zn and Cu were
found at the high levels in the fruit samples. The results showed that the average level of Cu changed
between 0.27 mg/kg (Sample 11) and 0.05 mg/kg (Sample 15), Cr 0.32 mg/kg (Sample 14) and 0.18 mg/
kg (Sample13), Ni 0.68 mg/kg (Sample 12) and 0.26 mg/kg (Sample 15), Pb 2.86 mg/kg (Sample 12)
and 1.54 mg/kg (Sample 4) and Se 12.96 mg/kg (Sample 14) and 5.42 mg/kg (Sample 7).
The levels of Cu, Cd and Cr in samples do not appear to reach pollution levels.