Women exposed to tear gas during protests in Seattle are reporting strange symptoms surrounding their menstrual cycles, KUOW-FM reported. Experts say the effects of the substance, designed for use in war and, thus, likely to only affect men, are not fully understood when it comes to women.
Jessi Murray, 32, wasn’t protesting on the night of June 1 — indeed, she was sitting quietly in her apartment. Meanwhile, eight blocks away, protests were raging — Murray said she could hear the sounds of flash-bang grenades going off, a sound she described as like thunder.
Then, she says, the smell of tear gas began wafting its way into her apartment, and her eyes and throat started to sting. To get relief, she closer a window and sat with her dog in front of a fan.
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