The book is intended to provide a glimpse into the ongoing researcehrs relating to soil pollution and its effect on soil organisms with particular reference to Indian soils. The papers/reviews contributed by twenty experts from different universiteis/institutes of India pertaining to some major areas like pesticide production, residue accomulation, effect of pesticide, municipal and industrial waste water application on soil and soil organism, agropotentiality of sewage and industrial effluents and waste recycling have been included. The book will be useful to the students, teachers and research scholars of universities and Agricultural Institutes working in the field of soil Biology, Soil Pollution and Waste Management. About Author : Dr. P.C. Mishra is currently a senior lecturer in Ecology in School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Orissa. He did his M.Sc. in Biological Sciences in 1975 and got the doctorate degree from Sambalpur University in Animal Ecology working on ecophysiological aspects of forest earthworm communities of Western Orissa. He was associated with a D.O.E. sponsored major research proejct entitled 'Pollution Load and Water Quality in Mahanandi River System' as Senior Research Associate for his post doctoral work. Dr. Mishra was also associated with two U.G.c. sponosred research projects entitled 'Persistence and Effects of Pesticide in Soil and Earthworm and 'Agro-potentiality of Paper Mills Waste through Vemicomposting' as Coinvestigator and Chief Investigator respectively. Contents : Foreword Preface List of Constributors Pesticide Production in India: An Over View Pesticide Residue in Soil and Soil Organisms Effect of Environmental Pollutant on Metabolism of Soil Nematodes Role of Insecticides in Inducing Mite-Outbreaks Insecticide Pollution and Soil Fertility Sewage Farming and Micro-organisms.