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Chilean protester defuses tear gas canister with baking soda and water (r.50501.chat)

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Chile 2020, protestor handles a tear gas canister by dropping it into a container of water and baking soda.

I believe we need to acquire these skills pretty damn quickly.

Original post was in r/damnthatsinteresting

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1mhdu66/chilean_protester_defuses_tear_gas_canister_with/

Originally Posted By u/InTheseTryingTime5 At 2025-08-04 02:14:44 PM | Source

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[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I heard you can also just drop a traffic cone on it and fill it with mud.

Honestly this could be an entire Mythbusters episode...

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

I heard that during the Hong Kong protests that they originally used traffic cones to at least contain them. No idea whether mud would work, but a Mythbusters episode on tear gas would be amazing.