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Emissions of heavy metals from the industries and vehicles may be deposited on the fruits & vegetable surfaces during their production, transport and marketing. Young children and senior citizens with poor immunity are mostly affected by this contamination The present work was done to assets some heavy metal contaminants in roadside sold fruits from the market sites of aurangabad India by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) method. Fruits were selected which are mostly available in the local market of aurangabad such as tomato, guava, papaya, custard apple and figs. Heavy metals which were determined were cadmium, copper, lead and, zinc. Results showed that the level of Copper and Cadmium were under permissible limit in this fruits. While that of zinc and lead was also under permissible limit these were compared with standards, The concentrations for each heavy metal in the market samples were compared with the standard set by world health organization/food and agricultural organization (WHO/FAO). The heavy metal levels were found to be within safe limit which indicates that the fruits sale in local market of Aurangabad city are safe for consumption without any risk of environmental toxicants.. Hence, the purpose of doing this study is to make society aware of heavy metals contamination and to know there hazardous effects on health