Allegedly, the three conspirators with the assistance of others surreptitiously filled 3, 000-gallon trucks owned by an Afghan military trucking contractor with JP8 jet fuel.

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The studies, published in the journals PLoS One and Reproductive Toxicology, looked at the impact of phthalates, chemicals found in some forms of plastics, and a substance called JP8, found in jet fuel.

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Female rats exposed to the hydrocarbon JP8 at the point in pregnancy when their male foetuses were developing gonads had babies with more prostate and kidney abnormalities, and their great-grandchildren had reproductive anomalies, polycystic ovary disease and obesity.

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According to federal prosecutors, on or about January 1, 2012, U.S. Army Sergeant Regionald Dixon, 30, and another co-conspirator sergeant participated in a scheme to steal JP8 jet fuel from Forward Operating Base Fenty, which is located near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

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