‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution

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‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution
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Oilwells set alight by Iraqi forces in 1991 were put out within months, but insidious pollution still mars the desert

in northern Kuwait, used for irrigation, in small industries and within distilled water.

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