re nature of the waco gas in article r inndlu cronkite central sun com dbernard clesun central sun com writes just heard on the network radio news a spokesman from the army saying that the type of cs gas used in waco had been banned from military use its use is also banned by a the reason given was that the use causes extreme nausea blindness disorientation total irrationality raging paranoia children would be all the more susceptible and show the results all the earlier if we are indeed talking about cs then this is not quite accurate cs is just tear gas albeit the worst kind it isn t a nausea gas and doesn t have direct cns effects however it s quite bad much worse than cn gas i was briefly exposed to it once during an engagement in berkeley circa and it s not the kind of thing you forget it seems to be moisture activated it not only made my eyes sting and water but attacked my breathing passages and lungs breathing was painful and my entire face felt as if it was on fire these effects persisted for hours after exposure and i was coughing for days afterwards if i was exposed to a dense concentration of this stuff in a closed space for several hours i doubt whether i could find the exit indeed i can t imagine living through it die welt ist alles was zerfall ist peter cash apologies to ludwig wittgenstein cash convex com
