remain sitting and independent mp until then. the practice of oil companies burning off natural gas during drilling, known as flaring , has been linked to cases of leukeamia. for over a year, the bbc has highlighted the issue around bp s operations in southern iraq, featuring one man living near an oilfield. ali husseinjalood, who was 21, was due to challenge the company s chief executive at a shareholder meeting today, but he died from leukaemia last week. owen pinnell has that story. he sobs the sound of a father s pain. hussain s son ali died of cancer last week at the age of 21. ali s doctor said that his leukaemia was likely caused by high levels of pollution in the local area. he lived where bp has a giant oil field, which has seen record levels of flaring, where toxic gases are burnt off
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