BP in oil field where 'cancer is like the flu'
BP in oil field where 'cancer is like the flu' Communities living close to oil fields, where gas is openly burned, are at elevated risk of leukaemia, a BBC News Arabic investigation has revealed. The UN told the BBC it considers these areas, in Iraq, to be "modern sacrifice zones" - where profit has been prioritised over human rights.cancerfossil fuelleukaemiaoilLINK