Fungicides in Aircraft Fuel?

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I was just reading about types of corrosion (there are far more than I realized), and came acros this:
_http://www.keytometals.com/page.aspx?ID=CheckArticle&site=ktn&NM=187
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Microbiological Induced Corrosion

Microbiological Induced Corrosion (MIC) applies to a corrosive situation which is caused or aggravated by the biological organisms. A classic case of MIC is the growth of fungus at the water/fuel interface in aluminum aircraft fuel tanks. The fungus consumes the high octane fuel, and excretes an acid which attacks and pits the aluminum fuel tank and causes leaking. The solution for this problem is to control the fuel quality and prevent water from entering or remaining in the fuel tanks. If fuel quality control is not feasible, then fungicides are sometimes added to the aircraft fuel.
I don't know whether the fungicides survive the burning process or not, or whether they react to become something more or less toxic. Thought it was interesting enough to note. Another method of polluting the atmosphere and damaging people's health?
 
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