Ahem! Excuse me, but…..

I found this on a site about the old Greenham Common base.

I’m sure you good chaps can offer an opinion as to whether it makes any sense, or is just a load of old pony.

I’ll leave you in peace now and head back to the GA forum. Do pop over, you’d be most welcome in our peaceful little backwater 😉

Moggy

Kerosene is the major component of aircraft fuel and is generally believed to be of low toxicity, although it produces charged particulates which can take other pollutants into the lungs. It is highly unlikely that normal aircraft fuel could be responsible for leukaemia as there would be major clusters around each commercial airport, which clearly there are not. The question was then, does (or did) military aviation fuel contain any other additives which may be the cause?

Mono-hydrazine is used in small fighter aircraft to restart engines and can be used as insurance when coming in to land to ensure the engines cannot blow out, especially when carrying armed weapons. Mono-hydrazine is in contrast to kerosene, very toxic although highly volatile and quickly dispersed. It has been linked to cancers of the digestive tract and mucous membranes if ingested.