Iraq oil pollution: Toxic emissions cause cancer

For years, the flames of oil fields in southern Iraq have lit the skies but darkened lives. Communities there live in the shadow of toxic gas flares that never die out and despite repeated pledges to end the burning - the smoke keeps rising and so do cancer cases. Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed has more from Basra. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Iraq #Oil #GasFlaring #Pollution #Environment #PublicHealth #Cancer #SouthernIraq #EnvironmentalCrisis #NaturalGas #AlJazeeraEnglish