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Authors analysed indications and number of caesarean sections performed in the I-st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Bytom in the years 1994-1998. In the analyse we considered place of living of pregnant women, dividing women on residents of Bytom and non-residents of Bytom. The results showed increasing number of caesarean sections. Percentage of caesarean sections in the group of non-residents of Bytom was twice higher as in the group of residents of Bytom. The most common indications were status after prior caesarean section or other uterus operation, fetal distress and fetus malposition.

The concentration of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were determined in the soils obtained from various traffic roads in Cracow including surroundings of steel works. The method of atom absorption spectrometry was using to determination of Ca, Mg, Pb, Fe, Zn, Cd, Cu. PAH (fluoranthene, pyrene, benz(a)anthracene + chryzene, benz(a)pyrene, benz(ghi)perylene, fenanthrene and perylene) were determined by gas chromatography. The highest concentration of heavy metals was found in zone of steel works. A steep fall concentration of Fe was observed in the soils with increasing distance from the works. It seems that the variety in concentration of metals don't depend only on vehicular traffic. The highest mean PAH concentration exceeding 800 micrograms/kg of dried soils was found in soil samples taken from roads where the traffic is the highest.