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The poisoned clouds that are suffocating the people of Iraq Flames of burning gas that puncture the sky are not just killing the planet – they’re killing Iraqis. In oil towns blighted by this toxic air across the country, locals tell Bel Trew they fear for their future as, one by one, their friends and family are struck by disease Friday 16 April 2021 10:10
The poisoned clouds that are suffocating the people of Iraq Bel Trew © Provided by The Independent On the bad days, when the chimneys roar so intensely that the windows shake, families say thick soot appears in the air, killing plants and dusting everything a volcanic grey. For the inhabitants of Nahran Omar, a town in southern Iraq perched next to several oil wells, the flames rising from the towers, belching toxic chemicals into the air, are their daily reality. This controversial practice of flaring – burning excess gas produced during the extraction of oil – is a ma...