Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Heavy Metals and their Toxicity
  • Global Industrialization and the Introduction of Heavy Metal Pollution to the Environment
  • Environmental Pollution by Heavy Metals in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Methods of Assessing and Analyzing Heavy Metal Pollution in Soils
  • Methods of Rating Heavy Metal Pollution in Soils using Indices
  • Heavy Metal Pollution of Soils and their Ecological Risk in Suburban Areas, A Case Study from Eastern Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Lead in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Chromium in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Arsenic in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Mercury in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Cadmium in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soil Pollution by Nickel in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • The Dynamics of Copper and Zinc Pollution in Soils, The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Approaches to the Management of Heavy Metals in Polluted Soils
  • Measures to Control and Prevent Heavy Metal Pollution in Soils of Sub-Saharan Africa.