TWO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHERS ASSERT NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF IRAQI INVASION

TWO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHERS ASSERT NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF IRAQI INVASION KUWAIT, JULY 30 (KUNA) -- TWO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHERS ASSERTED MONDAY THE MASSIVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THE IRAQI INVASION HAD ON KUWAIT'S ENVIRONMENT, WHERE KUWAIT REMAINS TO SUFFER FROM SOME OF THESE IMPACTS.
DIRECTOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AT KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (KISR) DR. ABDULNABI AL-GHADHBAN AND DR. ALI KHURAIBET FROM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR APPLIED EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PAAET) DISCUSSED THE DAMAGES THAT HAVE BEEN INFLICTED ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE REGARDING THE OIL LAKES AND FLARING OIL WELLS.
THIS CAME DURING THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "DISASTER AND AFTERMATH", WHICH KICKED OFF TODAY UNDER THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SEVERAL RESEARCHERS AND SPECIALISTS FROM KUWAIT AND ARAB AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
DR. AL-GHADHBAN TACKLED THE ISSUE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION IN THE GULF REGION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTICS.
THE TWO RESEARCHERS ALSO DISCUSSED THE DESTRUCTION CARRIED OUT BY THE IRAQI FORCES, WHERE THEY PLANTED MINES IN 1073 WELLS SCATTERED IN 15 FIELDS AND COMPLETELY CORRUPTED THE INDUSTRIAL ISLAND.
DR. KHURAIBET ASSERTED THAT THE OIL LAKES HAVE NOT OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEAKAGE, BUT DUE TO THE INVASION AND THE DESTRUCTIVE ACTS OF THE IRAQI FORCES.
SEVERAL LECTURES WILL BE HELD DURING THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR, SUCH AS THE DISASTER AND THE OIL DESTRUCTION, THE DISASTER AND THE HEALTH EFFECTS AND THE DISASTER AND THE MINES. (END) SAQ.AMF.JY.SI KUNA 301649 Jul 01NNNN