Part 1 General principles: soil processes and the behaviour of metals, B.J.Alloway; the origins of heavy metals in soils, B.J.Alloway; methods of analysis for heavy metals in soils, A.M.Ure. Part 2 Individual elements: arsenic, P.O'Neil; cadmium, B.J.Alloway; chromium and nickel, S.P.McGrath and S.Smith; copper, D.E.Baker; lead, B.E.Davies; cobalt and manganese, K.A.Smith; mercury, E.Steinnes; selenium, R.Neal; zinc, L.Kiekens; other metals and metalloids, K.C.Jones, et al.