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Heavy metal pollution has spread through many parts of the world, especially developing countries such as Indonesia. Large quantities of hazardous chemicals especially heavy metals have been released into environment worldwide due to global rapid population growth and intensive domestic activities, as well as expanding industrial and agricultural production. Environment in urban areas have also been associated with water and soil quality problems because of the practice of discharging of untreated domestic and industrial waste into the water bodies which leads to the increase in the level of metals in river water. Based on that, the study of heavy metal pollution is needed to evaluates the water and soil pollution levels in areas suspected of being polluted and quantifies the risks of pollutants pose to human health. To assess these potential threat levels, the environmental indices will be applied, along with the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recommended method for health risk assessment. The results will demonstrate not only the severity of heavy metal pollution from the study areas, but also the high carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks that environment heavymetal pollution poses to the public, especially to children and those living in the vicinity of heavily polluted areas.