TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF RIOT CONTROL SPRAY DEVICES AND FILLINGS

• NCJ Number: 32143
• Author(s): J T Weimer; E J Owens; B P Mcnamara; R P Merkey; J S Olson
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 44 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS CONTAINING CN (CHLOROACETOPHONE) AND LOCALLY PREPARED SAMPLES OF CS (O-CHLOROBENZYLIDINE MALONONITRILE) ON THE EYES, SKIN, AND TRACHEA OF ANIMALS AND ON HUMAN SKIN IS ASSESSED.

Abstract

THE COMMERCIAL ITEMS TESTED WERE THE MKIV CHEMICAL MACE AND THE FEDERAL STREAMER NO. 280. THE LOCALLY PREPARED FORMULATIONS WERE CS IN TRIOCTYLPHOSPHATE (TDF), CS IN POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG 200), AND CS IN PROPYLENE GLYCOL. MONKEYS, RABBITS, DOGS, AND HUMANS WERE TESTED. BASED ON THE OVERALL RESULTS, CS/TOF IS DEFINITELY SAFER THAN THE TWO COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)