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Study at Grand Forks AFB to research jet fuel exposure

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GRAND FORKS AFB, ND --  Air Force, Army and civilian researchers will come to Grand Forks Air Force Base this month to conduct a study about exposure to jet fuel in cold temperatures.

Led by Dr. Susan Proctor, an Army research epidemiologist, this two-part research study will focus on better understanding of the levels of exposure one receives when working with jet propulsion fuel under routine working conditions and whether exposure may influence aspects of human health and performance.

The first phase of the study being conducted in January is to determine how much JP-8 fuel individual servicemembers are exposed to during their normal work activities. Researchers will be sampling the work area air and collecting breath samples from study participants while they perform their daily work activities over a three-day period.

The second phase of the study, when the researchers plan to study the relationship between exposure and any health effects, is planned for early 2008.

This research study is funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and received oversight approvals from both Army and Air Force research entities. The researchers are from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Boston University, Harvard University and the Air Force Research Laboratory.