In research conducted by the US Army, examiners looked at the effects of exposure that thousands of Army recruits had to the common riot-control agent known as CS gas or tear gas. A study in Turkey examining the long-term effects of tear gas found that people who had been exposed had a higher risk for chronic bronchitis. Tear gas has been around for decades, used around the world as a riot-control tool, including in Hong Kong during recent uprisings there. The use of tear gas to disperse protesters has been the subject of criticism from organisations such as the American Civil Liberties Union. Jamil Dakwar, the director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Programme, said tear gas had become an overused tactic that could actually increase the volatility of a situation.

Source: bd News24 June 03, 2020 06:56 UTC