ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1978
Page Count: 4

Death Resulting from Lacrimatory Agents
Chapman, AJ
Chief medical examiner, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, State of Oklahoma

White, C
University of Florida, Fla.

(Received 17 December 1977; accepted 28 December 1977)

Abstract

Currently used riot control agents are primarily intended to incapacitate an individual without causing him illness or permanent bodily harm. The compounds most commonly employed as lacrimatory agents or “tear gases” are chloroacetophenone (CN) and ortho-chlorobenzalmalononitrile (CS). Some studies indicate that CS is less likely to produce harmful effects than CN; CN has been implicated in at least five deaths resulting from its use. The case reported is one of a fatality following the apparently indiscriminate use of CN and CS.

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Paper ID: JFS10702J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10702J
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