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

Summary by The Independent
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

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

·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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