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To: Don W

Yup, you either know the smell of half burnt JP5 or you don’t. It’s like the NYC subway it’s a singular smell not duplicated.

All jet fuels by necessity have aromatics in them at 25% or more depending on flash point limits. Aromatics are wicked carcinogenic. My grand father was a B52 guy he died of lung cancer from jet fuel exposure my grand mother was compensated for 20+ years before she passed.


6 posted on 07/02/2025 1:00:56 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: GenXPolymath

Not all aromatic compounds are carcinogens. Benzene has been shown to damage bone marrow cells in the lab, but toluene and xylene are not known to be carcinogenic.

Care to use a little less hyperbole?


7 posted on 07/02/2025 2:13:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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