Abstract:Pointing to problems occurred in soil pollution in the soil, a method that is able to vaguely evaluate weight metal pollution in soil has been put forward. The potential environmental damage parameter which was proposed by Hakanson, one researcher from Sweden has been improved, so as to calculate the potential risk of weight metals. By using this presented method, the potential environment risk of weight metals in soil of eastern Shandong province has been evaluated. It is showed that the degree of weight metal pollution in soil in study area is Hg>Cd>Cu>Pb>Zn>Cr>As, while the potential environment risk of weight metals is identified as the order of Hg>Cd>As>Pb>Cu>Cr>Zn. In all over, a certain degree of weight metal pollution occurred in eastern Shandong province. The soil with high potential environment risk caused by weight metal pollution can take 13.75% in the whole square. This kind of comprehensive characteristics of damages are constrained by Hg and Cd, and mianly distributed in LaizhouZhaoyuanYantai and MoupingRushan gold concentration areas and towns with a large population. The crop production in safety has already been affected. It is considered that geological background and human activities (including pollution from gold exploration, industry, the city with a dense population) are the main factors resulting in the high potential environment risk in the located area.