Vegetables are important component of the diet of people. Given the high use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides by farmers in city of Jiroft may result in transfer of toxic elements to humans. This study aims to evaluate the status of quality characteristics (concentration of minerals and heavy metals) in greenhouse and farm vegetable in Jiroft. In addition, this study aimed to estimate the daily intake of elements and to determine the hazard potential (Target Hazard Quotient) and risk index (Hazard Index) to assess the health risk of non-cancer diseases and combination of elements. For the study, 11 greenhouses and 10 farms were selected in Jiroft city. The soil and plants (fruits) of each greenhouse and field were sampled. Concentrations of macronutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg) micronutrients (Mn, Cu, Zn, Fe) and some heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Pb, Cd) were measured in the soil and fruit. The results showed that the mean concentration of phosphorus (55/7 mg kg -1 ) and potassium (631 mg kg -1 ) was much higher than the critical concentrations. The average nitrogen i soil samples was 0/07 % which is very low. Mean concentrations of Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Ni and Cr in soil samples were extracted with DTPA were 2/63, 3/74, 1/94, 6/95, 0/34 and 0/39 mg kg -1 , respectively. The DTPA concentrations of Cd and Pb in all soils were below the detection limit of the atomic absorbtion. The results of the comparison of the mean concentrations of the elements in the vegetable were near the critical and commonly showed that samples containing deficient micronutrients and high concentrations of potassium and phosphorus. Also, all the vegetable samples were Ca deficient in. All estimates of daily intake (EDI) all elemente were below the critical values except for chromium in children which was more than 2/5 time higher than the critical level.This shows that Cr may pose risk through the consuption of vegetable particularly for children in Jiroft. The total risk (HI) for adults, adolescents and children, respectively, 0/11, 0/14, 0/54 are lower than one and thereforr there is no risk from the vegetable consumption in the region. Keywords: Vegetables, heavy metals, estimate of daily intake, Hazard Index, Jiroft city
