Political Junky
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That's Capsaicin.I just read the difference from googling it.... tear gas is NOT pepper spray, tear gas is an artificial/synthetic chemical, and pepper spray is not....it does come from a concentrated ingredient in a/from a.... natural hot pepper.no it's not, pepper spray is made of a natural and tear gas is a synthetic chemical, and delivery methods and the number of people that can be reached, are different for the most part...TEAR GAS. Read the article. The big charge is TEAR GAS.
Pepper spray is tear gas....
Not necessarily. The same part of the pepper used for pepper spray, hence the name, is also in many types of tear gas. How is it natural in one and synthetic in the other?
The primary difference is method of delivery. Pepper spray is more for an individual and tear gas is for larger groups. Outside of that, the difference is so minor it really is irrelevant.
neither will do long term harm
Some tear gases also come from a variant of the same thing used to make pepper spray. It's called capsicin.
Guess it depends on what you read or what you're willing to read.