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Tear gas has serious side effects
B\ Adam Pet k
f mornld ( onlributor
Hie tear gas used In the Ku
gent’ Department ot I’liblu
s.ilrl\ during the i unlmntation
with I niversitv students Man h
11 i .111 i ailse serious health
problems act tinting to retent
papers li\ the \ineric an Medi
tel Asst it iation and the /ft h
nologv Rrvit’u
The type ot tear gas em
ploved Saturday night. ( S has
been dm inuented as tausing
pneumonia, heart failure mis
i .image and e\ en death
(,'S is an agent emploved In
polii e and military units
worldw ide It is more potent
and less toxit than ( \ another
commonly used tear gas and
('S has bet nine the gas ot
t hon e loi breaking up riots and
disturbanr es
I hit 11 recently ( S was t oils id
eretl harmless under "normal
t in iimstanc.es. and some t ur
rent inetlit al mlormalion still
relict ts that \ lew
At t ording to Karen \ntler
son nurse at Sat red Heart (am
era! Hospital, and the Poison
( amlrol ( entei in Port bind poi
son indexes do not contain in
formation about serious reat
lions I mill exposure to teat gas
Anderson saitl site was tin
aware ot am teal gas victims
that required metlit al attention
billow ing SntunluN s nit itlenl
At cording to statiste s t In!
droit, asthm.itit s, pregnant
women ami the elderk are par
tit nla11\ prone to problems
from t is. but anyone is sust opt
ible to extreme side eltei ts
The lournal of the \MA sug
gesterl m 1080 that prolonged
t \j)osuiv fdul(i insult in Illinois
,is vvt’ll • is hum <u t «imi
stillbirt I
Americ an poll*e literature
stresses lh.il adequate esi ape
routes should !>♦ • available in
* i r * sis th.it ( S is list'd so that
victims .<rtf not exposed to ( S
lor prolonged periods
r.Mi gas h.is .1 relatively mild
ette< t when those after ted In
the g.is .ire able It) retreat <juh k
l\ Students present at tile
Man h 11 in< ident ( laim the
gas was used in .1 crowded at
le\ u ith polu e and 1 ars pre
vcntmij quit k esc .ipe
' t here wen* so man\ peoplt*
there the\ t ouldn’t get out ot
the wav ol the gas { t he polic e)
shot right at the » rowd said
I )a\ e ( amp a band member at
one ot the houses w here ( S
was used
T Ugene pt >1U e ( apt I h» k
l.oveall w as unw dling to dis
( uss the possible dangers ot
tear gas ettec ts but assured that
"we are properI v trained
l.oveall said tie has been ex
posed to the gas a number ot
times "There's no health haz
ard that l know ot he said
t ’ruler normal i inuimstanc es
exposure to tear gas results m a
mild reai lion \< < ording t«» tin*
Poison ( OMtrol ( enter, the t\ pi
i al victim ot teai gas Use w 111
sutler eve in itation burning < -I
the respiratory tract, sneezing
burning »>t exposed skin and
possibly nausea, vomiting and
headui he The symptoms usu
ally last less than 1 "* minutes
Vic tuns o| t S gas are .ulvised
to avoid rubbing then e\es and
to tlood exposed areas w ith wa
t Hot lies should he lemoved
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Kei ion In mv opinion it ■■
realK poison gas
Ml. ASIA I|llfst lolled
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