Iraq uses industrial radiography to detect pollution

Iraq uses industrial radiography to detect pollution
2020-08-21T06:16:24+00:00

Shafaq News / Diyala governorate launched on Thursday a radiography scan in 5 administrative units to monitor and treat any pollution in the governorate, while a plan to transfer more than 1000 industrial workshops outside Baqubah Governorate will be applied. 

Diyala Environment department director, Abdullah Hadi Al-Shammari told Shafaq News Agency that the staffs of his department have scanned Governmental and health institutions and sites that sell used iron and scrap iron to monitor and treat any potential radioactive contamination.

In the same context, Kaimakam of Baqubah, Abdullah Ahmad Al-Hayali, announced a plan to transfer more than 1000 industrial factories outside the city, 15 km away in industrial complexes due to the pollutants that they leave in residential areas.

Al-Hayali explained to Shafaq News agency that the governorate formed a committee of several departments to create an integrated industrial zone in western Baqubah to establish industrial units and allocate areas to construct of industrial shops and plants by the municipality department.


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