Local committee records new 25 cancer cases in Missan

MISSAN/IraqiNews.com: A local health member on Friday unveiled 25 cancer cases were recorded in Missan. “A joint committee composed of the local council. Health and environment departments to check the death causes of five children in al-Tala’a village, 10 km north Amara discovered new 25 cancer cases,” Local member Alia Khalaf Hamadi told IraqiNews.com. A visit made to the village, which consisted of 100 houses and plastic factory. Meanwhile, director of Missan’s environment department Samir Abood noted “tests were made to military remains dumped near the village showed they were not exposed to harmful rays”. “The local government was informed about the results and the looming danger particularly the villages lacked basic services,” Abood added. Earlier, an environment official said “five children died of cancer in al-Tala’a village, north Amara  Missan and a number southern provinces recorded high number of cancers which health official to the use of depleted uranium bombs by the U.S. forces in 1991. AM(S) 1