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Yeah CS gas is no joke. They used to hit us with it all the time in the Marines for training purposes. If you have ever been hit with pepper spay, CS is about

by ajmarsh 13y ago

Yeah CS gas is no joke. They used to hit us with it all the time in the Marines for training purposes. If you have ever been hit with pepper spay, CS is about twice as bad. To combat the effects carry a bottle of solution made up from water and sodium metabisulphate (sold as Campden tablets used in home brewing) as this combination neutralises the effects of CS. If you cannot get this use clean water to rinse the eyes and skin affected.

wavefunction 13y ago
What about milk? It works well on pepper spray. Never been sprayed directly, but I was cleaning out a dorm room for a summer-time job and someone had left a bottle that went off by accident. And somebody in a club I was in decided to mace the room one time... ugh...
- quarterto 13y ago
  Pepper spray is capsaicin, on which the caseins in milk have a detergent effect. No such luck with 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile.
bruo 13y ago
NEVER USE CLEAN WATER. That was the first thing my mom told us when as kids went to protests against Pinochet. CS reacts with water, even if you are not feeling the effects water can make the chemical react again. The CS gas effects are just temporal, no longer than 5 minutes... try to survive them. I've been documenting social movements in chile since 10 years ago, i've been exposed to CS directly more than a hundred times. I know you will panic, but never try to use clean water on an affected area. salud ps. I don'know if sodium metabisulphate works, but cops use a chemical when they got hit by CS, if this is the thing they use ill give you a pizza when you come around here.
- gee_totes 13y ago
  To add on to tips for dealing with tear gas, I would also suggest carrying half an onion or something else strong smelling with you in protest situations. when the gas comes, remain calm. When you feel yourself panicking from the gas, breath through the onion. For some reason, the smell of the onion (in Turkey I've also seen people using lemons) seems to re-center you and mitigate some of the instant psychological effects of the gas (i.e. suddenly you're in a poison cloud).

by ajmarsh 13y ago

wavefunction 13y ago

What about milk? It works well on pepper spray. Never been sprayed directly, but I was cleaning out a dorm room for a summer-time job and someone had left a bottle that went off by accident. And somebody in a club I was in decided to mace the room one time... ugh...

quarterto 13y ago
Pepper spray is capsaicin, on which the caseins in milk have a detergent effect. No such luck with 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile.

bruo 13y ago

NEVER USE CLEAN WATER. That was the first thing my mom told us when as kids went to protests against Pinochet. CS reacts with water, even if you are not feeling the effects water can make the chemical react again. The CS gas effects are just temporal, no longer than 5 minutes... try to survive them. I've been documenting social movements in chile since 10 years ago, i've been exposed to CS directly more than a hundred times. I know you will panic, but never try to use clean water on an affected area. salud ps. I don'know if sodium metabisulphate works, but cops use a chemical when they got hit by CS, if this is the thing they use ill give you a pizza when you come around here.

gee_totes 13y ago
To add on to tips for dealing with tear gas, I would also suggest carrying half an onion or something else strong smelling with you in protest situations. when the gas comes, remain calm. When you feel yourself panicking from the gas, breath through the onion. For some reason, the smell of the onion (in Turkey I've also seen people using lemons) seems to re-center you and mitigate some of the instant psychological effects of the gas (i.e. suddenly you're in a poison cloud).