What happens to jet fuel when it is dumped in mid-air?

MadSci Network: Environment/Ecology

Subject: What happens to jet fuel when it is dumped in mid-air?

Date: Wed Nov 13 19:34:22 1996
Posted by: Bob Salwasser
Grade level: nonaligned
School/Organization: No school given.
City: St.Paul State/Province: MN
Country: USA
Area of science: Environment/Ecology
Message ID: 847935262.En

Message:

We recently had an airliner dump 25,000 gallons of fuel 
(near the Mississippi River),before landing at the MSP air- 
port.Will this have any adverse affects on wildlife?

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