A study done by Climate Justice estimates that exposure to benzene would result in eight new cases of cancer yearly in Bayelsa State alone.Gas flares are often close to communities and regularly lack fencing or protection for villagers who risk working near their heat.. 
Lati igba ti wọn ti  iṣafihan eto-ẹkọ iṣe deede si Afirika nipasẹ awọn alaṣẹ ilu Yuroopu, Eko ile Afirika, ni pataki ni Iwọ-oorun ati Central Africa, jẹ Ìjúwe nipasẹ awọn ẹkọ ile Afirika ti aṣa mejeeji ati awọn ẹtọ ile-iwe ara Yuroopu.. 