Forty-two farmland surface soil samples were collected from Houhu Area and analyzed for the concentrations of Cd,Hg,Cu,Zn,Pb,Ni,As,HCH and DDT. Ecological risk and soil environmental quality of farmland were analyzed and evaluated by using single pollution index, the Nemerou synthetical index and Hakanson ecological index. The results indicated that the pollution of Cd was the most serious becaus eight plots were slightly polluted, and the pollation seriousness of other factors was followed by this order Cd〉As〉Cu〉Zn〉DDT〉Hg〉Cr〉Pb〉HCH. DD...