Professor Dr Winai Warangnukul, head of the Toxicology Centre of Ramathibodi hospital, said Wednesday that the centre had examined water samples and found traces of tear gas in the samples. However, he assured that the tear gas content was small and would not pose danger to the body.
Dr Winai noted that there was a misunderstanding that the tear gas was acidic and that the substance could be neutralized with water mixed with alkaline. He said that the best way to treat victims attacked by tear gas was to use clean water to wash their eyes or body exposed to the gas.
He also suggested the victims to dust off residue of tear gas from their bodies.
The water used against the protesters was not mixed with tear gas but the water caused the tear gas cloud to scatter covering wider areas.
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