"This book contributes, holistically, to these efforts by presenting the toxic effects of heavy metals to living things from a general viewpoint (Chapter 1) and relating their pollution to industrialization developments in the world (Chapter 2) and in Sub-Saharan Africa region (Chapter 3). The book further discusses the techniques for assaying the heavy metals in environmental samples and particularly, soils (Chapter 4) before discussing how to rate their pollution extent and impacts to the ecology using various indices (Chapter 5). Soil pollution by lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) in soils of SSA region is discussed (Chapter 6 - 13). The approaches to manage (Chapter 14) and measures to control and prevent (Chapter 15) heavy metal pollution in soils of the region are also discussed"--