Soil heavy metal pollution,especially the mercury pollution,has been widespread concern in non-ferrous metallurgical area.This study focused on the content,distribution and pollution status of Hg in maize soil of Huludao city. Meanwhile,Hg contents in the various organs of maize were analyzed. Hg concentration in soil ranged from 0. 25 to 3. 49 mg·kg- 1with the average content of 1. 78mg·kg- 1,which was 48 times as high as the background value of Liaoning soil. Around 2-3km range of zinc plant,the pattern o...