Abstract
Daily intake of lead, cadmium, aluminium, radiocaesium, DDT and metabolites, and lindane in the whole-day food rations collected in hospital canteens in Kraków, Łódź, Olsztyn and Poznań in winters of 1993–1994, 1995 and 1996 were determined. The diets contained almost 40 μg of cadmium, corresponding to 70% of PTWI, and compared to the levels recognised as safe (ADI or PTWI) small amounts of the other contaminants. The highest content of Pb, Cd, Al and lindane was determined in the diets collected in Kraków, that of radiocaesium in Łódź, and DDT level was the highest in Poznań. The whole-day food rations from Olsztyn, situated in a region called “green lungs of Poland”, were not statistically less contaminated than the diets from the other towns. The Pb and radiocaesium levels decreased significantly with time.
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