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"Coloured water" Splashed by the HK Police Might Contain More than just Colourings, According to Greenpeace
Greepeace is running laboratory tests on the sample obtained from the blue-dye water cannon splashed by the Hong Kong police. Although the police called it "coloured water", citizens including former chairman of the Indian Association of Hong Kong Mohan Chugani and reporters who were splashed on suffered from reactions such as burning sensation.
According to Green Peace, initial results shows that the "coloured water" contains at least pigments and adhesives. Although the ingredients of "coloured water", and whether it contains harmful or toxic substances cannot be accurately determined at the moment, from various documents such as "Legislative Council Panel on Security Specialised Crowd Management", international references like "Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agent", expert advice and ciitzens' physical reactions after contacting, it is speculated that the "coloured water" might contain harmful teargas solutions (also containing Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide Solution) or two other types of tear-provoking solutions CN (Chloroacetophenone) and CS (2-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile). The water cannon shot by the Hong Kong Police is believed to contain not just colourings.
Despite that, in thoery, the "coloured water" has a lower fatal risk, it still causes severe and immediate discomfort to the human body. For example, the tear-provoking solution (Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide Solution) has similar effect as pepper spray (Oleoresin capsicum).
According to the clinical research from "Hong Kong Medical Journal" on pepper sprays [Note 1], the solution has direct impact on the eyes and the respiratory system as follows:
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➡️Eyes: Edema or erythema on eyelid, eye and face convulsions, blurred eyesight, cornea abrasion and tearing
➡️Respiratory System:
Impacts on throat, pulmonary edema and chemical pneumonia but are not common.
➡️The entire body: Research suggests individual cases had included symtoms like loss of direction, fear, loss of body control (for example, decline of eye and hand coordination), hyperventilation, tachycardia and pulmonary edema.
According to "Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents", the "coloured water" may also be mixed with two types of tear-provoking toxic solutions CN (Chloroacetophenone) and CS (2-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile), where the former is higher in toxicity [Note 2]. Both solutions have severe impact on the skin. The effect might fade away at its shortest time within an hour; however, if exposed to a highly concentrated dosage, the irritations can last up to four weeks. In severe cases, it can also cause first to second degree chemical burns. The following is an overview of the effects upon exposure:
➡️Skin: erythema, itchiness, subcutaneous edema, abnormal feelings of scorching heat, potentially inducing allergic reactions like contact dermatitis. If the skin is already moisted or damaged, the effect of intoxination is more obvious.
➡️Respiratory System: allergic inflammation, sneezing or causalgia, causing the feeling of burning pain and an increase of saliva, laryngitis and glossalgia. Severe pulmonary edema and bronchitis are potentially caused.
➡️Eyes: Permanent eye injuries, vesicle.
Note 1：Yeung, M., & Tang, W. Y. (2015). Clinicopathological effects of pepper (oleoresin capsicum) spray. Hong Kong Medical Journal.
Note 2：Gupta, & Ramesh, C. (2009). Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents. Academic Press.
Original Article by Green Peace, Oct 24, https://bit.ly/363fFpB
Source: StandNews
#WaterCannon #Greenpeace #PoliceBrutality
"Coloured water" Splashed by the HK Police Might Contain More than just Colourings, According to Greenpeace
Greepeace is running laboratory tests on the sample obtained from the blue-dye water cannon splashed by the Hong Kong police. Although the police called it "coloured water", citizens including former chairman of the Indian Association of Hong Kong Mohan Chugani and reporters who were splashed on suffered from reactions such as burning sensation.
According to Green Peace, initial results shows that the "coloured water" contains at least pigments and adhesives. Although the ingredients of "coloured water", and whether it contains harmful or toxic substances cannot be accurately determined at the moment, from various documents such as "Legislative Council Panel on Security Specialised Crowd Management", international references like "Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agent", expert advice and ciitzens' physical reactions after contacting, it is speculated that the "coloured water" might contain harmful teargas solutions (also containing Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide Solution) or two other types of tear-provoking solutions CN (Chloroacetophenone) and CS (2-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile). The water cannon shot by the Hong Kong Police is believed to contain not just colourings.
Despite that, in thoery, the "coloured water" has a lower fatal risk, it still causes severe and immediate discomfort to the human body. For example, the tear-provoking solution (Pelargonic Acid Vanillylamide Solution) has similar effect as pepper spray (Oleoresin capsicum).
According to the clinical research from "Hong Kong Medical Journal" on pepper sprays [Note 1], the solution has direct impact on the eyes and the respiratory system as follows:
c
➡️Eyes: Edema or erythema on eyelid, eye and face convulsions, blurred eyesight, cornea abrasion and tearing
➡️Respiratory System:
Impacts on throat, pulmonary edema and chemical pneumonia but are not common.
➡️The entire body: Research suggests individual cases had included symtoms like loss of direction, fear, loss of body control (for example, decline of eye and hand coordination), hyperventilation, tachycardia and pulmonary edema.
According to "Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents", the "coloured water" may also be mixed with two types of tear-provoking toxic solutions CN (Chloroacetophenone) and CS (2-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile), where the former is higher in toxicity [Note 2]. Both solutions have severe impact on the skin. The effect might fade away at its shortest time within an hour; however, if exposed to a highly concentrated dosage, the irritations can last up to four weeks. In severe cases, it can also cause first to second degree chemical burns. The following is an overview of the effects upon exposure:
➡️Skin: erythema, itchiness, subcutaneous edema, abnormal feelings of scorching heat, potentially inducing allergic reactions like contact dermatitis. If the skin is already moisted or damaged, the effect of intoxination is more obvious.
➡️Respiratory System: allergic inflammation, sneezing or causalgia, causing the feeling of burning pain and an increase of saliva, laryngitis and glossalgia. Severe pulmonary edema and bronchitis are potentially caused.
➡️Eyes: Permanent eye injuries, vesicle.
Note 1：Yeung, M., & Tang, W. Y. (2015). Clinicopathological effects of pepper (oleoresin capsicum) spray. Hong Kong Medical Journal.
Note 2：Gupta, & Ramesh, C. (2009). Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents. Academic Press.
Original Article by Green Peace, Oct 24, https://bit.ly/363fFpB
Source: StandNews
#WaterCannon #Greenpeace #PoliceBrutality
Hong Kong photographers to Record the Authorities' Destruction of #Lantau's Ecology
"Lantau Tomorrow Vision" is a plan of the Hong Kong SAR government to conduct reclamation in Lantau Island. Despite opposition, the government will start making consultation and finance plan in October 2022.
#Greenpeace invited local photographers to produce a documentary "Lantau - The Hidden Treasure of Hong Kong" to record the scenery and wildlife of the island, as the reclamation plan is expected to damage the ecosystem.
The photographers believe in the importance of this decumentary, in order to pass on the memory of the era and the testimony of the destruction to future generations.
"This place could be completely different in 10 years. We will look at it and treasure it as much as we can. We will stand witness to the destruction."
Source: Inmedia #Jul02
https://bit.ly/3ulb7Zl
#Ecosystem #Conservation #Reclamation #Photography
#LantauTomorrow #FailedState
"Lantau Tomorrow Vision" is a plan of the Hong Kong SAR government to conduct reclamation in Lantau Island. Despite opposition, the government will start making consultation and finance plan in October 2022.
#Greenpeace invited local photographers to produce a documentary "Lantau - The Hidden Treasure of Hong Kong" to record the scenery and wildlife of the island, as the reclamation plan is expected to damage the ecosystem.
The photographers believe in the importance of this decumentary, in order to pass on the memory of the era and the testimony of the destruction to future generations.
"This place could be completely different in 10 years. We will look at it and treasure it as much as we can. We will stand witness to the destruction."
Source: Inmedia #Jul02
https://bit.ly/3ulb7Zl
#Ecosystem #Conservation #Reclamation #Photography
#LantauTomorrow #FailedState