Iraqi minister admits gas flaring cancer link
An Iraqi minister tells the BBC that air pollution from oil fields is a major health problem. …
The BBC Arabic team were similarly denied entry permits to film at Rumaila during their investigation. Ali Hussein Julood, a 19-year-old childhood leukaemia survivor, from North Rumaila, said: “Here in Rumaila, nobody speaks out. They say they’re scared to speak in case they get removed.”
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