Oil Well Fires
Deployment Exposure & Chemicals
Deployment Exposure & Chemicals
Shortly before the beginning of the ground phase of the Gulf War, Iraqi forces set fire to hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait. There was a great deal of concern about the potential health effects of the smoke from these fires. The smoke from these fires has been studied using ground air monitoring, satellite imagery, and computer modeling.
- Sources of Information:
- Oil Well Fires Fact Sheet - This page on the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine is a fact sheet on oil well fires and how they relate to your health.
This page last updated on March 8th, 2009.
Content last reviewed on February 28th, 2009.
Content last reviewed on February 28th, 2009.