How a BBC Investigation Exposed the Impact of Gas Flaring on Iraqi ...

In a recent investigation, a team at BBC News Arabic headed to southern Iraq to explore the impact of gas flaring on the environment and public health.

Revealed: Huge gas flaring emissions never reported - BBC

A BBC News Arabic investigation indicates that flaring increases the risk of some cancers for people living near oil fields in Iraq. People ...

Air pollution: Uncovering the dirty secret behind BP's bumper profits

How the BBC uncovered gas flaring in an Iraqi oil field, where locals are showing a high rate of cancer.

Toxic gas putting millions at risk in Middle East, BBC finds

The BBC analysis indicates that in the case of Kuwait, some of this man-made pollution is coming from flares 140km away in Iraq. Iraq has the ...

How a BBC investigation exposed the impact of gas flaring on Iraqi ...

In a recent investigation, a team at BBC News Arabic headed to southern Iraq to explore the impact of gas flaring on the environment and public health.

Iraqi minister admits gas flaring cancer link - BBC

Iraqi Environment Minister Jassem al-Falahi has acknowledged that pollution from oil production is the main reason for increases in local cancer rates.

Iraq: Life and death surrounded by gas flares - BBC

The deadly impact of the oil giants' toxic air pollution on children and the planet is revealed in this BBC News Arabic investigation from ...

Iraqi father in legal first against BP over son's death - BBC

Hussein Julood alleges the burning off of gas at a BP-run oil field in Iraq - a practice known as flaring - caused his son Ali's leukaemia.

Iraq: Under poisoned skies - BBC World Service Documentaries

From the front line of climate change in Iraq, BBC News Arabic unmasks an invisible killer: air pollution, investigating a hidden epidemic ...

Big oil's dirty secret in Iraq - an investigation by Unearthed

These flames — seen in BBC News Arabic's documentary 'Under Poisoned Skies' — are from flaring: the process of burning off gas as part of the ...

Iraq Gas Flaring Tied to Cancer Surge - Human Rights Watch

An Iraq Health Ministry report leaked to the BBC attributed pollution from the oil industry, among other sources, as the cause of a 20 percent ...

BP hit by legal action alleging that its excessive gas flaring caused ...

A BBC investigation (2) in 2022 analysed World Bank data and estimated that more flaring is carried out at Rumaila than at any other oil ...

BP in oil field where 'cancer is rife' - BBC

The Iraqi government is aware the impacts this could be having. A leaked Iraq Health Ministry report, seen by BBC Arabic, blames air pollution ...

Life and death surrounded by gas flares in Iraq - BBC News - YouTube

The deadly impact of oil giants' toxic air pollution on children and the planet has been revealed in a BBC News Arabic investigation from ...

Father challenges BP at meeting after son's death - BBC

In Rumaila, flaring takes place less than 2000m from where he lived, violating Iraqi laws that state it should be at least 10km from people's ...

Iraq gas flaring tied to cancer surge

After reporting by Unearthed and the BBC revealed rampant flaring in the company's Iraq operations, BP promised an 'immediate' review. What has it done so ...

Professor Provides Expertise for BBC Documentary on Oil Fields in ...

Here in Basra, Southern Iraq, a real problem is the high incidence of cancer due to gas flaring. We hope that we will work together to uncover ...

under poisoned skies - Global Investigative Journalism Network

How a BBC Investigation Exposed the Impact of Gas Flaring on Iraqi Communities ... In “Under Poisoned Skies,” an award-winning investigation from BBC News Arabic, ...

BBC World Service - Assignment, Iraq: Under poisoned skies

A BBC investigation reveals the deadly impact of gas flaring from oil fields around Basra in southern Iraq.

Poisoned Air: Undercover in BP's dirtiest oil field - BBC News

The impact of toxic air pollution on children living near a BP oilfield in southern Iraq has been revealed in a BBC investigation. Gas ...