Assoc Prof @Duke_Anesthesia, PCB @DukeU. CoChair @basicSRNT. Fights against chemicals that hurt you. Views my own. #BLM #StopAsianHate #VaccinesWork 🇺🇸🇩🇪
Feb 15, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Our new paper in @NTR_Journal spearheaded by @SairamJabba and @Dr__Ery , detecting synthetic cooling agents in E-cigarette refill liquids and Puffbar disposable Ecigs, at concerning levels. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar…
These chemicals impart a "cooling without menthol" effect reducing irritation.
Nov 30, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
@ats_eoph@SOToxicology The 25th Conference of State Parties #CSP25 of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons @OPCW started today in The Hague. Will #CSP25 address the escalation of #teargas use world-wide ?
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, riot control agents, including tear gas and pepper weapons, are categorized as chemical weapons. The CWC bans the use of riot control agents in warfare, but allows their use by member states for domestic law enforcement.
Jun 6, 2020 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
1/20 Thread: I thank all reporters such as @maanvisings of @guardian for publicizing concerns of the medical and scientific community about #teargas
2/20 I have raised concerns about #teargas safety and its escalating use world-wide for >10 years. Every time there is egregious abuse (Occupy, Arab Spring, Turkey, Ferguson, Brazil, Mexican border, Chile, Hong Kong) public attention is rising, but dying down quickly after.
