Damage to sewerage plants caused serious pollution.Chemical/ biological/ nuclear weapons plants bombed - toxic/ radioactive releases may be a cause of Gulf War syndrome.Damage to water purification facilities (and related electricity supplies) caused major shortages of clean water.Damage to infrastructure allowed disease and ill-health to spread - tens of thousands of Iraqi's died of the health effects of the war.Can also contribute to climate change through accelerated burning of fossil fuels by military forcesĬase study: regional environmental impacts of 1991 Gulf warĭetailed assessments carried out by UNEP (other more recent conflicts still to be assessed in detail).
Air quality – fires resulting from conflict can pollute air
