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• Impact on Human Health
Healthwise, pollution from fossil fuels is characterized by numerous
health problems including congenital disabilities, female infertility, eye
and skin problems just to mention but a few.
19 In South Sudan, data
reveals that people leaving in Melut and Koch have experienced some of
these health issues due to pollutants from oil. These health issues are not
only unique to South Sudan, but other jurisdictions including the USA,
where the State of Colorado has also highlighted the negative impacts
of oil pollution on the health of communities including congenital heart
defects and neural tube defects in infants.
20
• Food Security
Given the superior revenues earned from the oil industry, less support
is given to agricultural-based production; coupled with the political
insecurity; this has continued to put stress on farming. Already, food
production has been disrupted with the displacement of farmers due
to the conflict, hence leading to the destruction of scarce farm capital,
and the interruption of transportation networks for food distribution.
21
With access to markets impeded, households are unable to acquire food
and other basic goods. Even when the insecurity subsides, returning
communities have found their land occupied by oil products.
19 Oliver and Boyd, UK. Hammerton, D., Hydrobiological Research in Sudan. Sudan Phil. Soc.
12th Annual Symposium. Khartoum 1964.
20 Chaudhuri, An Industrial Development Framework for South Sudan. Juba. Retrieved
from http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/4311/AnIndustrial-Development-Framework-for-South-Sudan.aspx (2010).
21 Callaghan, T. V; Bacon, P. J.; Lindley, D. K.; and el Moghraby, A. I., The Energy Crises in
Sudan: Alternative Supplies of Biomass, Biomass, 8, 217–232, 1985.
P. R. Gatkuoth
• Impact on Human Health
Healthwise, pollution from fossil fuels is characterized by numerous
health problems including congenital disabilities, female infertility, eye
and skin problems just to mention but a few.
19 In South Sudan, data
reveals that people leaving in Melut and Koch have experienced some of
these health issues due to pollutants from oil. These health issues are not
only unique to South Sudan, but other jurisdictions including the USA,
where the State of Colorado has also highlighted the negative impacts
of oil pollution on the health of communities including congenital heart
defects and neural tube defects in infants.
20
• Food Security
Given the superior revenues earned from the oil industry, less support
is given to agricultural-based production; coupled with the political
insecurity; this has continued to put stress on farming. Already, food
production has been disrupted with the displacement of farmers due
to the conflict, hence leading to the destruction of scarce farm capital,
and the interruption of transportation networks for food distribution.
21
With access to markets impeded, households are unable to acquire food
and other basic goods. Even when the insecurity subsides, returning
communities have found their land occupied by oil products.
19 Oliver and Boyd, UK. Hammerton, D., Hydrobiological Research in Sudan. Sudan Phil. Soc.
12th Annual Symposium. Khartoum 1964.
20 Chaudhuri, An Industrial Development Framework for South Sudan. Juba. Retrieved
from http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/4311/AnIndustrial-Development-Framework-for-South-Sudan.aspx (2010).
21 Callaghan, T. V; Bacon, P. J.; Lindley, D. K.; and el Moghraby, A. I., The Energy Crises in
Sudan: Alternative Supplies of Biomass, Biomass, 8, 217–232, 1985.