President Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week. An APFactCheck finds evidence that they did.
for riot-control agents and cites pepper spray as one kind. In the unrest near the White House, officers shot plastic balls with pepper powder from what looked like souped-up paintball guns, and dispersed other compounds in a stinging fog.The book also says riot-control agents are “popularly referred to as ‘tear gas’ or ‘pepper spray.’” It says they may be combined with an explosive substance in grenades, released in a smoke of particles from handheld devices or sprayed in a solution.
Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt researches tear gas agents and chemical exposure injuries in his lab at the Duke University School of Medicine’s Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program. “There’s been very little research on tear gas being done in the United States,” he said, and “no research backing up the use levels that are deployed now.”
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