This volume in Springer's commendable series on Environmental Pollution is focused on the potential role of members of the plant family Brassicaceae in soil phytoremediation, complementing recent volumes on Biomanagement of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils (volume 20) and Heavy Metals in Soils (volume 22). This volume bringing together a review of the underlying fundamental mechanisms underpinning phytoremediation combined with translational aspects is both timely and of considerable interest. It comprises 12 multi-authored chapters. The first two chapters are well-written introductions to the Brassicaceae and toxic metals in the environment respectively. The remaining nine chapters focus on different aspects of the general subject. They are largely well written and give a good summary of the current scientific literature. While the content of each chapter is commendable, the volume as a whole lacks a discernible structure, and there was little sense that bringing these individual chapters together in a single volume provided a greater insight than having them published separately. I would have welcomed an overall concluding chapter highlighting both short- and long-term research priorities. Despite this minor criticism, each of the individual chapters provide good reviews of the current state of knowledge, and I would recommend this volume to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and academic and applied scientists working in the field of phytoremediation. It would be a welcome addition in university libraries, and I will be recommending it to students that I teach and supervise.