Ultrasonic slurry sampling electrothermal vaporization dynamic reaction cellTM inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (USS-ETV-DRC-ICP-MS) has been applied to determine Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg and Pb in several rice samples. The influences of instrument operating conditions and slurry preparation on the ion signals were reported. Ascorbic acid was used as the modifier to enhance the ion signals. The background ions at the chromium masses were reduced in intensity significantly by using 0.4 ml min-1 NH3 as reaction cell gas in the dynamic reaction cell (DRC) while a q value of 0.6 was used. Since the sensitivities of Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg and Pb in rice flour slurry and aqueous solution were quite different, standard addition and isotope dilution methods were used for the determination of Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg and Pb in these rice samples. This method has been applied to the determination of Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg and Pb in NIST SRM 1568a rice flour reference material and two rice samples purchased from the market. The analysis results of the reference material agreed with the certified values. The results for the rice samples for which no reference values were available were also found to be in good agreement between isotope dilution method and standard addition method. The method detection limits estimated from standard addition curves were about 0.44, 1.7, 0.4, 0.53 and 0.69 ng g-1 for Cr, Cu, Cd, Hg and Pb, respectively, in original rice flour.Ultrasonic slurry sampling electrothermal vaporization dynamic reaction cellTM inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (USS-ETV-DRC-ICP-MS) has been applied to the determination of Cr, Cd and Pb in several plastic samples. The influences of instrument operating conditions and slurry preparation on the ion signals were investigated. NH4NO3 was used as the modifier to enhance the ion signals. The background ions at the chromium masses were reduced in intensity significantly by using NH3 as reaction cell gas in the DRC. Standard addition method and isotope dilution method were used for the determination of Cr, Cd and Pb in these plastic samples. This method was applied to the determination of Cr, Cd and Pb in two polystyrene and a polyvinyl chloride samples. The analysis results were found to be in good agreement between isotope dilution method and standard addition method. Furthermore, we digested these samples and analyzed the digested sample solutions by ultrasonic nebulization DRC ICP-MS. The analysis results were close to the isotope dilution and standard addition results. The precision between sample replicates was better than 3% with USS-ETV-DRC-ICP-MS method. The method detection limits estimated from standard addition curves were about 6.2-9.2, 1.1-1.6 and 8.4-11 ng g-1 for Cr, Cd and Pb, respectively, in original plastic samples.