Posted on 05/01/2021 3:54:33 AM PDT by Libloather
More than a thousand people reported lasting health effects after being exposed to teargas during protests in Portland, Oregon, last summer, according to a newly published scientific study.
Nearly 900 people reported abnormal menstrual cycles, including intense cramping and increased bleeding, that began or persisted days after their initial exposure to the teargas. Hundreds of others complained of other negative health impacts, including severe headaches, nausea, diarrhea, and mental health concerns.
The new research, based on an online survey of more than 2,200 people, challenges claims that the health consequences of being teargassed are minor and temporary, said Dr Britta Torgrimson-Ojerio, a researcher at Kaiser Permanente Northwest and the lead author of the study.
It is also the first published, peer-reviewed study to confirm a link between teargas and abnormal menstruation, a connection that was widely discussed by American protesters on social media and in news reports last year.
Participants in racial justice protests against police violence last summer in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Rochester and other cities told media outlets that their exposure to teargas had been followed by unexpected bleeding, unusually painful cramps, and other disruptions of their typical menstrual cycles.
Last July, Oregon Public Broadcast interviewed 26 protesters, ages 17 to 43, who said that exposure to teargas had affected their periods. Some described large blood clots, others “cramps that felt like sharp rocks”.
“We’re not paranoid. This isn’t a coincidence. Something’s going on,” one 29-year-old protester told Oregon Public Broadcasting.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Maybe there’s a lesson in this; Namely - don’t throw bricks and Molotov cocktails at police.
I understand girlyman Mayor Jacob Frey skipped a few menstrual cycles.
But on a good note, they’re “vaccinated” for covid now.
“Nearly 900 people reported abnormal menstrual cycles...”
the author of this piece wasn’t brave enough to say these were women making the complaints.
The abnormal menstruation results from too many climaxes that occurred while demonstrating in the streets.
And that was just the reports from the male protesters....
Turned me into a newt.
I got better...
“...mental health concerns.”
How could they tell the ‘before’ and ‘after’ with this particular group of nutjobs and no control group? ;)
I don’t believe the menstruation issues. Not for a minute.
Funny!
GMTA!
This article is fake until it’s reported that the complaints were made by biological females.
26 protesters, ages 17 to 43, who said that exposure to toxins in all the fires they started blame cops yeah that’s the ticket.
Lawyer Loophole Larry files charges.........
They’ve found the perfect question for their little quizzes: Do you experience menstrual irregularity.
Never mind that a huge percentage of women do anyway, Portland riots or not.
Never mind that women are always believed to be telling the truth on any sexual question.
Never mind that everyone is catching at straws on anything and everything they want “prove” to the uneducated and gullible masses.
These "protestors" are lucky to be living in America where this idiocy is tolerated and not resolved quickly by authorities with the very negative effects of acute lead poisoning.
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