Tear gas and pepper spray are designed to cause an immediate and intense reaction, but health experts have voiced that they can have lasting negative health effects. “These are chemical weapons that ...

Exposure to chemical irritants can cause chest tightness, coughing and shortness of breath. For kids, there’s more potential ...

A novel lawsuit in Portland argues the chemicals are a health threat that have soaked into apartment walls, furniture and ...

Tear gas, the most widely deployed crowd-control weapon, can cause more harm than temporary irritation. Beyond burning eyes and skin, it has been linked to corneal ulcers and menstrual cycle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN correspondent Sara Sidner can be heard violently coughing from tear gas inhalation while covering the DHS protests roaring ...

Tear gas and pepper spray are used around the world, either for self-defence or during mass protests to incapacitate the targets. Research shows the consequences go beyond red, teary eyes and coughing ...

A judge Wednesday appeared skeptical of the federal government’s defense of officers launching clouds of tear gas that have ...

The hearing comes after a federal judge in a separate Oregon lawsuit temporarily restricted agents’ use of tear gas during protests at the building. The temporary restraining order in that case, filed ...

A federal judge extended a temporary ruling on Wednesday that blocks federal agents at Portland’s ICE facility from using tear gas and other crowd control tactics.

The House of Representatives has said it will take up what it described as alleged use of tear gas on protesters at the ...

Stinging clouds of tear gas explode from beneath a car full of children, forcing them to flee into the snowy street to seek air that’s safe to breathe. A man, face painted orange with pepper spray, is ...