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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-21-06 12:27 AM
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In Case You Go To Oaxaca or Oaxaca Comes To You
a reminder......

Hi Folks,
>
>On the subject of CS gas. It is classified as a chemical warfare
>agent and is banned by the Geneva Convention for use in war. I
>guess that makes it ok to use on civilian populations, however.
>Unfortunately, it is common to use the generic term "tear gas"
>when talking about any type of gas used by the police. We should
>be very clear about our language when this is discussed. Like,
>"the police used CS gas, a chemical warfare agent banned by
>Geneva Convention in war, to disperse the crowd".
>
>Due to its massive use in Seattle in 1999 a lot of research was
>conducted to search out studies regarding its toxic effects on
>the human body. Carcinogenic, teratogenic and mutagenic were
>some of the terms that came to the surface.
>
>A google search yields the following:
>
>http://www.phrusa.org/research/chemical_weapons/chemjama.html
>
>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0302-03.htm
>
>http://www.answers.com/topic/cs-gas
>
>http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-05-17/news_story5.html
>
>Anyway, as far as I am concerned, the use of CS gas is a
>violation of human rights. This is what should be made clear
>whenever it is deployed.
>
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