Why Is Tear Gas Especially Dangerous During COVID-19?

06/08/20 • 7 min

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Police use of tear gas at protests is controversial to begin with because it's so harmful, but these weapons may also help spread the novel coronavirus. Learn why in this episode of BrainStuff.

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Police use of tear gas at protests is controversial to begin with because it's so harmful, but these weapons may also help spread the novel coronavirus. Learn why in this episode of BrainStuff.

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BrainStuff - Why Is Tear Gas Especially Dangerous During COVID-19?

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Welcome to brain Stuff production of iHeart Radio, Hey brain Stuff Lauren vog obam here. Over the past two weeks, enormous crowds of protesters in the United States have met with, in some cases, ominous clouds of tear gas. But the use of tear gas to disperse protesters and cities in the United States and around the world could have unintended consequences when it comes to the spread of the coronavirus.

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