Reply #45: Other than the build-up of the Iraqi's autonomous government...

[EvilMonk]

...no.

I know that it has been a concern, and various organizations have supplied scientists, education materials, and medical items, but I have no specific knowledge regarding the clean-up of the war.

For all I know (and suspect) those green puddles are still there. They certainly are in the local water tables. Natural purification takes a long time and organized industrial efforts are expensive.

Quite frankly, they're too busy stabilizing an already unstable country to get to it yet.

That said, I suppose that I do know of one thing that will help:

Fresh water purification and irrigation is and always has been (even for us) a priority. Crops, livestock, and especially humans all benefit from this relatively cheaper alternative. They may not have gotten around to cleaning anything up yet, but fresh water access has improved considerably as has education.