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    This lecture explores how tear gas, originally developed as a chemical weapon in World War I, has become a commonly used form of crowd control by police around the world. Tear gas was first used against German troops in trenches by French forces in WWI. While banned for use in war, tear gas sales tripled in 2011 as many protests erupted during the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street movements. Much tear gas is produced in the United States and exported, including to countries with human rights issues.

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    THE INFOSCAPE RESEARCH LAB 

    PRESENTS:

    DR. ANNA FEIGENBAUM
    BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY

    TEAR GAS: FROM


    THE BATTLEFIELDS
    OF WWI TO THE
    STREETS OF TODAY
    This lecture explores how a chemical weapon went
    from the battlefield to the streets. One hundred
    years ago, French troops fired tear gas grenades
    into German trenches. Designed to force people out
    from behind barricades and trenches, tear gas
    causes burning of the eyes and skin, tearing, and
    gagging. Chemical weapons are now banned from
    war zones. But today, tear gas has become the most
    commonly used form of “less-lethal” police force. In
    2011, the year that protests exploded from the Arab
    Spring to Occupy Wall Street, tear gas sales tripled.
    Most tear gas is produced in the United States, and
    many images of protestors in Tahrir Square showed
    tear gas canisters with “Made in USA” printed on
    them, while Britain continues to sell tear gas to
    countries on its own human rights blacklist.

    CONTACT: Dr. Greg Elmer
    EMAIL:      gelmer@ryerson.ca

    WHEN: TUESDAY
    MAR. 20, 2018

    WHERE: RYERSON
    RCC RM. 370

    TIME: 5:00 PM

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