Joanne Seager discusses the impact of the huge military mobilzation of the Gulf War, 1990-1991, on the delicate ecosystem of Iraq and the Arabian peninsula. She examines the effects of increased sewage, garbage and water use, as well as the potential impact of the bombing of a chemical plant on the Tigris River, with the chemicals entering the water. She also presents the potential global effects of burning oil wells and other war-related environmental disasters.|ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE MILITARY PRESENCE / Joanne Seager| interviewed by Evelyn Tully-Coster and Andrew Phillips. - Joanne Seager discusses the impact of the huge military mobilization on the delicate ecosystems of Iraq and the Arabian peninsula. She examines the effects of increased sewage, garbage and water use, as well as the potential impact of the bombing of a chemical plant on the Tigris River, with the chemicals entering the water. She also presents the potential global effects of burning oil wells and other war-related environmental disasters. - BROADCAST: WBAI, Sept. 1990.
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