The Independent
Subtopic iconSustainability
Region iconIraq
Revealed: Toxic old Iraqi oil barrels being sold as water tanks

Revealed: Toxic old Iraqi oil barrels being sold as water tanks

Across the southern province of Maysan, people are storing water in discarded oil field containers sold to them as ‘safe’. Aya Mansour investigates a public health crisis in the heart of the Iraqi marshlands

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Revealed: Toxic old Iraqi oil barrels being sold as water tanks