Thread by @ECHOActionTeam

🔵 EXPERT WAY TO RESPOND TO TEAR GAS

Former Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Specialist in the US Marine Corps shows step by step, how to protect yourself from #TearGas. (A very fine powder.) #PortlandProtest #BlackLivesMatter #1A #WallAgainstTrump

1. DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE. You're grinding the powder particles into your tear ducts, mucous membranes and micro abrasions.
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2. GET TO A WELL VENTILATED AREA. You need fresh air to make the powder get off of you. Flap your arms. Keep trying to open your eyes to reduce the amount of sufferings. Move away from the wind. Move to the least contaminated area. #PortlandProtest #BlackLivesMatter #1A

3. BEND OVER AND LET CAPSAICIN MAKE YOUR NOSE AND EYES RUN. It will help get it out of your membranes.
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4. CS IS ACTIVATED BY WATER. If you start to sweat, it will start burning again. Do not wipe sweat away. Try to wrap a clean cloth around your head to keep sweat with CS out of your face. It will travel with water, so don't use water unless you have a hose.
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CS will be in your hair and on your clothes and will reactivate. Keep them away from your face. Don't let contaminated water reach your private body parts. It will burn and be extremely painful. Bend over at the waist, thoroughly rinse your head, eyebrows, face and hands.

5. BEFORE YOU USE THE BATHROOM, you must scrub your hands and nails with more accuracy than ever!

6. DO NOT PANIC. When you panic, you lose control. If you are calm, you will get out of the situation faster.

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7. DO NOT PICK UP AND THROW CANISTERS. Get out of the way, dodge the canisters. They are heat activated. You can be burned or seriously injured. Get out of the way and get to a well ventilated area!

DON'T BE AN ACTIVIST VICTIM!
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