Introduction Rapid industrial revolution and urbanization pollute the soil and water sources by releasing the metallic and toxic chemicals [1-3]. Due to the lack of proper sewerage system, the wastewater from the houses, hotels, markets, hospitals and industries is directly released into the water channels [4, 5]. It is estimated that 10% world population irrigate food crops with wastewater. Developing countries use the industrial and municipal sewage water for irrigation [6, 7]. Undoubtedly, wastewater contain plant nutrients which make up the defciency of fertilizers. On the other hand, it has health and environmental risks due to the Pol. J. Environ. Stud. Vol. 30, No. 2 (2021), 1943-1947 Short Communication Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties and Metallic Contents in Vegetables Irrigated with Water from Different Sources Faiza Hassan 1 , Faisal Mehmood 1 , Qamar uz Zaman 2 , Dure Najaf Iqbal 1 , Roeya Rehman 1 , Farheen Aslam 3 , Sadia Sagar 4 , Nasir Masood 5 , Arif Nazir 1 , Munawar Iqbal 1 * 1 Department of Chemistry, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan 2 Department of Environmental Science, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan 3 Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan 4 Department of Physics, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan 5 Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sub Campus Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan Received: 11 January 2020 Accepted: 20 July 2020 Abstract This study focuses on the assessment of health risk potential by quantifying some selected metals (Cd, Cr, Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Ni, Pb) in vegetables and soil irrigated with different sources of water. The physicochemical parameters of irrigating water were within the safe limits except for SAR in sewage water (18.723 mg/kg) and industrial wastewater (40.332 mg/kg). The Mn (19 mg/kg) was higher than the safe limit in vegetable and soil irrigated with tube well water. The sewage water irrigated vegetable had high level of cadmium (1.557 mg/kg), lead (2.307 mg/kg) and chromium (3.566 mg/kg) than safe limits. The canal water had high level of cadmium (0.286 mg/kg) and lead (0.569 mg/kg). The vegetable irrigated with tube well water was best for human health while vegetable irrigated with sewage water, canal water, and industrial wastewater was of poor quality and unft for human health due to high level of toxic metals. Keywords: heavy metals, wastewater, vegetables, soil, pollution *e-mail: chemuaf@gmail.com DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/125563 ONLINE PUBLICATION DATE:2020-12-10