Iraq: Iraq to Survey ISIL Conflict Zones for Harmful Chemicals, Pollutants

Jul 31, 2014 | Khalid al-Taie, Al-Shorfa
View Original

The Iraqi Ministry of the Environment is preparing to launch an environmental assessment in areas damaged by terrorism, conflict or natural disaster in an effort to prevent the spread of disease and to safely dispose of waste, officials told Mawtani.

As part of this project, ministry teams will perform laboratory checks and analysis of water, soil and air in every area that has been cleared and secured of "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) control, said Luay al-Mukhtar, director of the ministry's department for the regulation of chemicals and polluted sites.