Environmental pollution in Qamishlo wildlife; Iranian authorities have not addressed it for forty years

More than two thousand tons of oil waste remain in the Isfahan refinery area and about 200 thousand tons of soil soaked in diesel fuel in the Qamishlo Wildlife Sanctuary, which was dumped into the "Black Pit" pit forty years ago.

According to Mehr News Agency, although there was a plan to collect oil waste from the Oil Refining Company and use it to make cement at the Ardestan factory, this plan has been stalled for two years now.

According to Mehr, eight years of work and money have been spent on implementing the "Plan to Produce Cement from Contaminated Soils and Oil Wastes of the Isfahan Refinery," which has been suspended for two years, six years of research, and two years of pilot implementation.

According to the former director general of Isfahan Province's Environmental Protection Department, "the volume of undisclosed oil waste from Siah Chahle will definitely lead to groundwater pollution, air pollution, and soil pollution."

Rahman Daniali, the former director general of Isfahan Province's Environmental Protection Department, has claimed that "thousands of tons of contaminated soil remain unaccounted for," claiming that "they don't want waste to be organized" because "it's a livelihood for some people." Environmental experts say the situation of Iran's wildlife is critical and the government is not addressing the situation.

Source: Voice of America