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2. Pepper spray - Wikipedia

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   Pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that irritates the eyes to cause burning and pain sensations, as well as temporary blindness. Its inflammatory effects cause the eyes to close, temporarily taking ...

3. Mace (spray) - Wikipedia

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   Mace is the brand name of an early type of aerosol self-defense spray invented by Alan Lee Litman in the 1960s. The first commercial product of its type, Litman's design packaged phenacyl chloride (CN) tear gas dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents into a small aerosol spray can, [1] usable in many environments and strong enough to act as a deterrent and incapacitant when sprayed in the face.

4. Mace Security International - Wikipedia

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   1994: Purchased Federal Laboratories, the largest tear gas manufacturer in the world. 1998: Sold Federal Laboratories to Armor Holdings, Inc. 1999: The company merged with American Wash Services, a company that was engaged in operating car wash facilities, into a wholly owned subsidiary of Mace Security International. Mace purchased over 50 car ...

5. Tear gas - Wikipedia

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   Tear gas in use in France 2007 Exploded tear gas canister in the air in Greece. Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears.

6. Seattle police pivot to pepper spray, flash bangs after mayor ...

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   No longer allowed to use tear gas, Seattle police instead shifted methods to break up protests Saturday. Officers deployed pepper spray and “blast balls” to disperse a crowd of protesters ...

7. List of chemical warfare agents - Wikipedia

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   A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings.About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century, although the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has an online database listing 35,942 chemicals which ...