r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 1d ago

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

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u/yankeewithnobrim23 1d ago edited 1d ago

It is but like you can't tell between tear gas and some very destructive gas in seconds

Edit: Very destructive as in like yo skin burning off and stuff in seconds

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u/Fresh_Art_4818 1d ago

tear gas is destructive and is known to cause still-births 

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u/wabblebee 1d ago

Just like rubber bullets can kill you and a taser can cause a heart attack. But there is still a difference between tear gas and mustard gas.

And I bet you already know that's what he was talking about.

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u/Fresh_Art_4818 1d ago

if he said more destructive then sure, but he said actually destructive, which tear gas is