Comparative Toxicity of Selected Aviation Fuels as Measured by Insect Bioassay

摘要

The acute toxicity of JP-4, JP-8 and JP-9 fuels was evaluated for several terrestrial insects by contact exposure. JP-8 was the most toxic fuel to most of the insect species. Shale derived fuels were more toxic than their petroleum derived counterparts, however, species response varied with each type fuel. The order of decreasing susceptibility to pertroleum derived JP-4 was earwigs, rice weevils, flour beetles, lady beetles, tenebrionid beetles, and cockroaches.