Iraq: Toxic Fallout: Iraq’s Basra Fight for Survival amid Oil Pollution Crisis

May 17, 2025
Shafaq News
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Residents in northern Basra are grappling with a “deadly pollution crisis,” fueled by the unchecked expansion of oil operations near residential areas. With rising cancer rates, contaminated water sources, and degraded soil, local communities say they are living in “an increasingly uninhabitable environment.”