Contents

#### **Preface XI**


Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Soil Contamination and Alternatives for Sustainable Development 3** Dinora Vázquez-Luna and María del Carmen Cuevas-Díaz

#### Chapter 2 **Ecotoxicological Tests as a Tool to Assess the Quality of the Soil 13** Barbara Clasen and Roberta de Moura Lisbôa

