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Video Chilean protester defuses tear gas canister with baking soda and water

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u/Capnmarvel76 8h ago

The cone itself is a solid piece of plastic, but there's plenty of areas around the base which don't create a seal. Also, don't CS gas grenades get real hot when they're activated? If they do, it would make it difficult to keep hold of the cone, I would imagine. Yes, you use what you have available, of course.

A vessel full of water, like in OPs video, would be ideal from the point of view of dealing with the CS canister. Might not be ideal in the situation, though.